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Rarecroft
The correct spelling is croft.
How to pronounce croft
/kɹɑft/
nounIPA: /kɹɑft/
Say it like: Cro-ft
The correct spelling is croft. 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…
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Meanings
noun
- 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.
- 2.An underground chamber; a crypt, an undercroft.
- 3.A cave or cavern.
- 4.A carafe.
verb
- 1.To do agricultural work on one or more crofts.
- 2.To place (cloth, etc.) on the ground in the open air in order to sun and bleach it.
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