crofting
noun
Meaning
- 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.
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