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Grazing vs Crofting - What's the difference?

grazing | crofting |

As nouns the difference between grazing and crofting

is that grazing is grazeland while crofting is 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.

As a verb grazing

is .

grazing

English

Verb

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  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • grazeland
  • * 2001 , Sally Jeanrenaud, Communities and Forest Management in Western Europe
  • There are about one thousand common grazings across the Highlands and Islands. Typically 15-20 crofters share in an area of common grazings, on average 400-500 hectares, which is usually hill-land, unsuitable for cultivation.

    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.