croft

croft
(Brit.)()
noun
  1. a small rented farm, especially one in Scotland, comprising a plot of arable land attached to a house and with a right of pasturage held in common with other such farms
    (尤指苏格兰租给佃户)(可垦殖的并具有与其他同类农场相同牧放权利的)小农场;宅旁地
    ■an enclosed field used for tillage or pasture, typically attached to a house and worked by the occupier
    (多指与住宅相连的)封闭的小块土地(可耕种或牧放,多由占用者自己经管);晒漂场
verb
  1. [with obj.]farm (land) as a croft or crofts
    耕种小块土地;开垦小农场
语源
  1. Old English: of unknown origin
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