crofting

== English == === Etymology === From croft +‎ -ing. === Noun === crofting (countable and uncountable, plural croftings) 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. === Verb === crofting present participle and gerund of croft