1. crofting - Noun
2. crofting - Verb
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.
crofting
present participle and gerund of croft
Life was hard, the people were poor, and scraping a living from a combination of fishing and crofting. Source: Internet
The results included explicit security for the Scottish smallholders; the legal right to bequeath tenancies to descendants; and the creation of a Crofting Commission. Source: Internet
It’s true that the fishing, knitwear trade and crofting were doing well and that Shetland didn’t really need the oil industry when it came. Source: Internet
‘This investment is urgently needed to ensure that the aspirations of the Islands (Scotland) Bill can be delivered and that farming and crofting on these islands and their rural communities can thrive.’ Source: Internet