Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

crofting

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.04 in modern English

Syllables: croft-ing
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

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.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

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

Countable; Uncountable

verb

present participle and gerund of croft

Example Sentences

"Her father was a fisherman, and her family fed itself by crofting--age-old, small-plot, subsistence farming—living in a modest gray pebble-dash house, surrounded by a landscape of properties local historians and genealogists characterized with terms like “human wretchedness” and “indescribably filthy.”"

Etymology

From croft + -ing.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: croft

Usage

Inflected Forms

croftings (plural)

Questions

What does crofting mean?: 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.
Where does crofting come from?: From croft + -ing.

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