crofting English

Meaning crofting meaning

What does crofting mean?

crofting noun

— A form of land tenure and small-scale food production, unique to the Highlands and islands of Scotland, in which individual crofts are established on the better land while a large area of poor-quality hill ground is shared by all the crofters of the township for grazing.

— The process of exposing linen to the sun, on the grass, in the process of bleaching.