释义 |
croft I. \ˈkrȯft, Brit usually & US also -ä-\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Middle Dutch krocht hill, field of dunes, Old English crēopan to creep — more at creep 1. chiefly Britain : a small enclosed field usually adjoining a house 2. chiefly Britain : a small farmhold usually of 5 to 10 acres that is worked by a tenant II. verb (-ed/-ing/-s) transitive verb Britain : to expose (as linen) on the grass for bleaching in the sun intransitive verb Britain : to live as a crofter III. noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English crofte, from Middle Dutch crofte, crochte, from Medieval Latin crupta, from Latin crypta — more at crypt : crypt, vault, cavern |