Plural of croft; small farms, usually rented, consisting of a house and a small plot of land used for farming.
From Old Norse 'kroft' meaning small farm. The term entered English through Scandinavian influence in medieval Britain and became especially entrenched in Scottish usage.
A traditional Scottish croft might be only 5-10 acres, but families would combine small croft holdings with common grazing rights on moorland—it's an ingenious system that allowed communities to thrive on what looks like insufficient land.
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