A surname from Middle English, from the common noun croft, and from places named Croft. / A village and civil parish in Warrington borough, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6393).

present participle of croft

A form of land tenure and small-scale food production, unique to the Highlands and islands of Scotland, in which individual crofts are established on the better land while a large area of poor-quality hill ground is shared by all the crofters of the township for grazing.

(intransitive) To do agricultural work on one or more crofts. / (transitive, archaic) To place (cloth, etc.) on the ground in the open air in order to sun and bleach it.

(archaic) A carafe.

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.

An underground chamber; a crypt, an undercroft. / A cave or cavern.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of croft

plural of croft

plural of crofting