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croftland

croftland noun: land of superior quality, on which crops are raised.

Noun

croftland (countable and uncountable, plural croftlands)

  1. (Scotland) Land 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 farın1794, lexander Lowe, General View of the Agriculture of the County of Berwick

Forms of croftland

pluralcroftlands

Origin of croftland

From croft + land.

Questions about croftland

What does croftland mean?
Croftland means land of superior quality, on which crops are raised.
What part of speech is croftland?
Croftland is a noun.
What is the plural of croftland?
The plural of croftland is croftlands.

Words near croftland in the dictionary

  1. crofters
  2. Croftfoot
  3. Croftian
  4. crofting
  5. croftings
  6. croftland
  7. croftlands
  8. Crofton
  9. Crofton system
  10. Crofton weed
  11. Crofton weeds

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