What is "crofter"

Usage examples of "crofter".

Iain MacKinnon: It didna matter to Iain whether I was a penniless crofter lass, or a Campbell and the daughter of an earl.

Their livestock was butchered, but the crofter and his family were saved the sword.

He stared at the body of the young crofter, lying just outside the blackened door, the head half severed.

Hearing the noise, the crofter and his wife came back out of their hut.

Penderleigh ledgers, and perhaps visit some of our crofters to get the feel of life here.

But our crofters have not the tools nor the experience to sow the land.

Now, if you think it worthwhile, I should like to spend the afternoon visiting the crofters and making out a list of repairs for the castle.

The visit to the crofters had had to be postponed, for the duke discovered very quickly that there was much for him to learn about the relative merits of sheep and crops.

She looked out to sea and saw some crofters in a barely seaworthy little boat, heaving their tattered nets over the side into the water.

Whilst Bertrand and I were visiting some of the crofters, I spotted a wide flat meadow that will be perfect for a gallop.

Seven crofts were in their pathway, but the assailants expected to attack only three, for MacKinnion crofters were skilled warriors as well as farmers, and the few attackers had only surprise on their side.

In a fine temper, he galloped to Mackintosh land and released himself by harassing crofters, scattering herds, and causing mischief wherever he could.

The Clearances emptied these high lands of some fifteen thousand people, most of them crofters, or tenant farmers, whose ancestors had lived here for generations.

You are looking toward the hills where displaced crofters also traveled, and over those mountains, only ninety miles away, lies the western rim of Scotland.

The duke and others tried to turn the crofters into fishermen, but the fishing industry deteriorated.