Crōft, n.

n. [A-S. croft, cruft, D. kroft, krocht, a cavity, cavern, a concealed subterranean passage, O. H. Ger. cruft, N. H. Ger. gruft, O. It. grupta, Lat. crypta, Gr. κρύπτη, from κρύπτω, concealed, κρύπ-τειν, to conceal.] A small close, or inclosed field, used for pasture, tillage, or other purposes.

This have I learned, Tending my flocks hard by i' the hilly crofts That brow this bottom glade. Milton.