Croft

[L. Lat. croftum, croftus, crofta, cruftum, crufta.] In old English conveyancing. A small piece of ground adjoining a dwelling house, and enclosed for pasture or arable, or any particular use; a close. Glanv. lib.

8, c. 3. Cowell. Spelman. Blount.

The same with what was formerly called a pightel. (q. v.) Derived by some from Sax. creaft, skill, from the skill laid out in cultivating it. Termes de la ley.

Cowell.

But by Spelman, through the Lat. crypta, from Greek, to conceal, as being a secret or separate place.

See Close.