1. Croftland. [Scot.] Jamieson.
2. (Textile Manuf.)
Defn: Exposing linen to the sun, on the grass, in the process of bleaching.
CROFTLAND
Croft"land (-lnd), n.
Defn: Land of superior quality, on which successive crops are raised.
[Scot.] Jamieson.
CROFTON SYSTEM
Crof"ton sys"tem. [After Sir Walter Crofton, Irish penologist.]
(Penology)
Defn: A system of prison discipline employing for consecutive periods cellular confinement, associated imprisonment under the mark system, restraint intermediate between imprisonment and freedom, and liberation on ticket of leave.
CROIS
Crois (krois). n. Etym: [OF.]
Defn: See Cross, n. [Obs.]
CROISADE; CROISADO
Croi*sade" (kroi-sd"), Croi*sa"do (-s"d), n. Etym: [F. criosade. See
Crusade.]