croft

croft englannista suomeksi

1. pientila

1. haka; torppa homestead of a crofter who lived off the land, mäkitupa homestead of a crofter with not enough arable land to survive on

1. Substantiivi

croft englanniksi

1. An enclosed piece of land, usually small and arable and used for small-scale food production, and often with a dwelling next to it; in particular, such a piece of land rented to a farmer (a crofter), especially in Scotland, together with a right to use separate pastureland shared by other crofters.

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2. 1530: Sir John Campbell of Glenurchy (in a lease to his "weil belouit" servant John M'Conoquhy V'Gregour)

...to haue set and for malis and service...the four markland of Kincrakin...with the croft of Polgreyich and the croft that Ewin M'Ewin was wount to haue...

3. (RQ:Keats Lamia)

4. To do agricultural work on one or more crofts.

5. To place (cloth, etc.) on the ground in the air in order to sun and bleach it.

6. An underground chamber; a crypt, an undercroft.

7. A cave or cavern.

8. A carafe.

9. (l) (gloss)

10. enclosure, courtyard