crofter

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A croft is small holding and crofters share pasture land called common grazing for raising livestock.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

The Crofters Holdings Act was enacted by William Gladstone's Liberal government and granted security of tenure to small-scale tenant farmers known as crofters.

From BBC • Nov. 6, 2025

The land is mostly used by tenant crofters and farmers, and has a history as a game shooting estate.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2025

Bee was built using age-old clinker planking techniques for a co-operative of crofters from Stroma which sits between Orkney and the mainland.

From BBC • Jan. 28, 2025

The crofters had left behind a good supply of peat when they fled, so the air was hazy with smoke and the rich, earthy smell of burning turf.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin