croftland

English

Etymology

From croft +‎ land.

Noun

croftland (countable and uncountable, plural croftlands)

1. (Scotland) Land of superior quality, on which crops are raised.
   • 1794, lexander Lowe, General View of the Agriculture of the County of Berwick:

     a small portion of the farm, which they distinguished into ontfield and croftland; the latter was in constant occupation , and required the whole dung made on the farın

References

• “croftland”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.