thorp

American  

[thawrp] / θɔrp /

Or thorpe

noun

Archaic.

1. a hamlet; village.

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thorp British  

/ θɔːp /

noun

1. a small village

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Etymology

Origin of thorp

before 900; Middle English, Old English; cognate with German Dorf, Old Norse thorp village, Gothic thaurp field

Example Sentences

There were indications that several thousand would take this opportunity to recross the Atlantic—one was returning to Central Europe with $10,000, enough to buy up his native thorp.

From Time Magazine Archive

So they rode on, and nought more befel that day, and they guested in a fair thorp in good enough welcome.

From The Sundering Flood by Morris, May

They dwelt not in any fenced town or thorp, but their homesteads were scattered about as was handy for water and shelter. 

From The Roots of the Mountains; Wherein Is Told Somewhat of the Lives of the Men of Burgdale by Morris, William

Here's my hand: we'll roam together, Far away from thorp and town.

From The Home Book of Verse — Volume 3 by Stevenson, Burton Egbert

So then they gat to horse again and rode into the thorp, where men and women stood about to behold them, and made them humble reverence as they passed by.

From The Well at the World's End: a tale by Morris, William