TOFT

Etymology

Noun

toft (plural tofts)

A hillock.

A homestead, especially one on a hill.

A messuage with right of common.

Source: Wiktionary


Toft, n. Etym: [OE. toft a knoll; akin to LG. toft a field hedged in, not far from a house, Icel. topt a green knoll, grassy place, place marked out for a house, Dan. toft.]

1. A knoll or hill. [Obs.] "A tower on a toft." Piers Plowman.

2. A grove of trees; also, a plain. [Prov. Eng.]

3. (O. Eng. Law)

Definition: A place where a messuage has once stood; the site of a burnt or decayed house.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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