homecroftn.

Brit.

/ˈhəʊmkrɒft/, U.S.

/ˈhoʊmˌkrɔft/

Forms: see home n.¹ and adj. and croft n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: home n.¹, croft n.¹

Etymology: < home n.¹ + croft n.¹

Now historical.

A small piece of enclosed arable land near or next to a house. Also: an agricultural smallholding leased under a crofting system; = croft n.¹ 2.In early use chiefly recorded as a place name.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > a house > types of house > [adjective] > small house > with land and outbuildings

homecroft1710

the world > food and drink > farming > farm > [noun] > small holding or croft

manslotOE

bargain1602

burgaine1607

smallholding1696

possession1717

farmlet1794

homecroft1828

croft1850

crofting1851

five-acre1863

three acres and a cow1885

farmette1913

minifundium1950

minifundioa1955

a1500 in C. W. Foster Registrum Antiquissimum Cathedral Church Lincoln (1935) III. 361 ij^e acre in Le Hom Crofte.

1567 in F. J. Baigent Coll. Rec. & Documents Crondal (1891) 239 Three closes called Le home croftes containing between them 6 acres.

1710 R. Newcourt Repertorium Ecclesiasticum II. 538 An antient Parsonage-House, with Barns, Stable, Hay-House, Yards, Gardens, Orchards, Home-Croft.

1828 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 234/1 To run and see whether the grey colt was in the home croft.

1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede I. i. vi. 131 The calves are bleating from the home croft.

1879 H. A. Bright Year in Lancs. Garden ii. 11 A thick hedge..is at the further or north-west side, and divides us from the home-croft.

1926 Spectator 24 July 130/1 The land and buildings shall be used in perpetuity as ‘home-crofts’.

1983 Agric. Hist. 57 60 Industrialists would benefit from home-crofts because they could pay workers less and sell their goods cheaper, especially in foreign markets.

2003 L. Haney & L. Pollard Families of New World v. 90 Homecrofts were intended to make families more self-sufficient.

Derivatives

ˈhomecrofter n. = crofter n.¹

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant by type of accommodation > [noun] > inhabitant of house > inhabitants of specific types of house

cottager1523

cotquean1547

coter1631

cottier1820

tenement householder1894

homecrofter1897

block dweller1902

soddy1958

1897 (title page) The Coming People by Charles F. Dole. Fifth Edition. The Homecrofters' Gild of the Talisman.

1925 Public Opinion 7 Aug. 121/1 The industrial workers to spread out and become home-crofters as well as workers.

2000 J. C. Whorton Inner Hygiene viii. 209 A tool shed, chicken coops, stalls for goats: all the homecrofter's needs were to be provided.

ˈhomecrofting n. = crofting n.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > providing with dwelling > [noun] > with agricultural holding

homecrofting1911

1911 Parcels Post June 365 George H. Maxwell has given the best part of his life to the development of ‘back to the farm’ and the ‘home-crofting’ idea.

2007 L. L. Lovett Conceiving Future iii. 73 The economic need for homecrofting was soon lost, however, ‘submerged..by a wave of riotous prosperity’ in the 1920s.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	homecroft
释义	homecroftn. Brit. /ˈhəʊmkrɒft/, U.S. /ˈhoʊmˌkrɔft/ Forms: see home n.¹ and adj. and croft n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: home n.¹, croft n.¹ Etymology: < home n.¹ + croft n.¹ Now historical. A small piece of enclosed arable land near or next to a house. Also: an agricultural smallholding leased under a crofting system; = croft n.¹ 2.In early use chiefly recorded as a place name. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > a house > types of house > [adjective] > small house > with land and outbuildings homecroft1710 the world > food and drink > farming > farm > [noun] > small holding or croft manslotOE bargain1602 burgaine1607 smallholding1696 possession1717 farmlet1794 homecroft1828 croft1850 crofting1851 five-acre1863 three acres and a cow1885 farmette1913 minifundium1950 minifundioa1955 a1500 in C. W. Foster Registrum Antiquissimum Cathedral Church Lincoln (1935) III. 361 ij^e acre in Le Hom Crofte. 1567 in F. J. Baigent Coll. Rec. & Documents Crondal (1891) 239 Three closes called Le home croftes containing between them 6 acres. 1710 R. Newcourt Repertorium Ecclesiasticum II. 538 An antient Parsonage-House, with Barns, Stable, Hay-House, Yards, Gardens, Orchards, Home-Croft. 1828 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 234/1 To run and see whether the grey colt was in the home croft. 1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede I. i. vi. 131 The calves are bleating from the home croft. 1879 H. A. Bright Year in Lancs. Garden ii. 11 A thick hedge..is at the further or north-west side, and divides us from the home-croft. 1926 Spectator 24 July 130/1 The land and buildings shall be used in perpetuity as ‘home-crofts’. 1983 Agric. Hist. 57 60 Industrialists would benefit from home-crofts because they could pay workers less and sell their goods cheaper, especially in foreign markets. 2003 L. Haney & L. Pollard Families of New World v. 90 Homecrofts were intended to make families more self-sufficient. Derivatives ˈhomecrofter n. = crofter n.¹ ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant by type of accommodation > [noun] > inhabitant of house > inhabitants of specific types of house cottager1523 cotquean1547 coter1631 cottier1820 tenement householder1894 homecrofter1897 block dweller1902 soddy1958 1897 (title page) The Coming People by Charles F. Dole. Fifth Edition. The Homecrofters' Gild of the Talisman. 1925 Public Opinion 7 Aug. 121/1 The industrial workers to spread out and become home-crofters as well as workers. 2000 J. C. Whorton Inner Hygiene viii. 209 A tool shed, chicken coops, stalls for goats: all the homecrofter's needs were to be provided. ˈhomecrofting n. = crofting n. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > providing with dwelling > [noun] > with agricultural holding homecrofting1911 1911 Parcels Post June 365 George H. Maxwell has given the best part of his life to the development of ‘back to the farm’ and the ‘home-crofting’ idea. 2007 L. L. Lovett Conceiving Future iii. 73 The economic need for homecrofting was soon lost, however, ‘submerged..by a wave of riotous prosperity’ in the 1920s. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1500
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