[f. CROFT sb.1] To expose (linen, etc.) on the grass to sun and air, as part of the process of bleaching. Hence Crofting vbl. sb.
1772. [cf. CROFTER2].
1875. Ure, Dict. Arts, I. 367. One exposure may not be found enough; another washing and another crofting are then needed. Ibid., 391. Washed and spread out on the green, or crofted.
