crofting vs ranching

crofting

noun
  • 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. 

ranching

noun
  • The business or activity of operating a ranch, of farming or raising livestock. 

  • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:ranching. 

  • A ranch. 

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