1. Plural of croft; small farms, especially in Scotland or northern England, typically worked by tenant farmers.
Usage: chiefly British; often used in historical or regional contexts

Examples

• The Highland crofts were passed down through generations of farming families.
• Many crofts in Scotland have been converted into holiday cottages.
• The crofts dotted the landscape, each with its own stone cottage and fields.
• Tenant farmers worked the crofts under agreements with local landowners.
• Tourism has changed the character of traditional crofts in the Hebrides.