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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
crofting
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A human population of about sixty people make their living from crofting, knitting and a small amount of lobster-fishing.
▪ But, if we did, what would the position of crofting be?
▪ Has the experience of the Great Depression, which has helped to form my views of crofting, any validity now?
▪ Often, as in the case of crofting, these are related to land tenure systems and their legal basis.
▪ The advent of Lord Leverhulme presented Lewis with an apparent conflict between crofting and industry.
▪ The latest developments in the intricate history of crofting concern the possibility of ownership by the crofters themselves.
▪ There has always been a special - an intense - interest in crofting.
▪ Weaving plays an important role in the economy of the Western Isles, particularly because home weaving fits in well with crofting.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Crofting

Crofting \Croft"ing\, n.

  1. Croftland. [Scot.]
    --Jamieson.

  2. (Textile Manuf.) Exposing linen to the sun, on the grass, in the process of bleaching.

Wiktionary
crofting

n. 1 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. 2 The process of exposing linen to the sun, on the grass, in the process of bleaching.

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Crofting

Crofting is a form of land tenure and small-scale food production particular to the Scottish Highlands, the islands of Scotland, and formerly on the Isle of Man. Within the 19th century townships, individual crofts are established on the better land, and a large area of poorer-quality hill ground is shared by all the crofters of the township for grazing of their livestock.

Usage examples of "crofting".

Whether a writer is a man or woman, there is something masculine in the crofting of a storya casting-out of seed, a hunger that results in a brief spasm of generation.

His chief ethical concern in crofting me a bride—indeed, his rationale for tearing my intended companion to pieces before animating her—was that together we might propagate a race of “devils.