croft 1
/krawft, kroft/ , n. Brit.
1. a small farm, esp. one worked by a tenant.
2. a small plot of ground adjacent to a house and used as a kitchen garden, to pasture one or two cows, etc.; a garden large enough to feed a family or have commercial value.
[ bef. 1000; ME, OE: small field ]
croft 2
/krawft, kroft/ , n.
a small, portable filing cabinet of table height, having drop leaves for use as a table.
[ named after the Rev. Sir Herbert Croft (1757-1816), lexicologist, its inventor ]