croftland

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noun

Land of superior quality, on which crops are raised.

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Meanings

nouncroftland (countable and uncountable, plural croftlands)

plural croftlands

  1. ScotlandcountableuncountableLand of superior quality, on which crops are raised.

    a small portion of the farm, which they distinguished into ontfield and croftland; the latter was in constant occupation , and required the whole dung made on the farın

    1794, lexander Lowe, General View of the Agriculture of the County of Berwick

Origin

From croft + land.

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