toft

[tawft, toft]

noun

British Dialect.

1. the site of a house and outbuildings.

2. a house site and its adjoining arable land.

toft

/ tɒft /

noun

1. a homestead

2. an entire holding, consisting of a homestead and the attached arable land

Word History and Origins

Origin of toft¹

before 1050; Middle English, late Old English < ?

Word History and Origins

Origin of toft¹

Old English, from Old Norse topt

Example Sentences

And Brown, silver medallist at the Paris 2024 Paralympics, retained her women's C1 ITT world title in 29:27.93, leading a British one-two 4:09.42 ahead of team-mate Katie Toft, while in the C2 event Daphne Schrager won silver and Amelia Cass took bronze.

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Jennifer Garnier’s and Angela Toft’s home in Piñon Hills was flooded by rainwater in February 2019.

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The sisters estimated they needed more than $100,000 to fix the damage, but when they filed a claim with their insurance company, American Reliable, an insurance adjuster instead offered Garnier and Toft only $5,000, Hernandez said.

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The home was uninhabitable, according to their lawsuit, but Garnier and Toft continued to live there because they did not have anywhere else to go.

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But in court filings, American Reliable argued that Garnier and Toft repeatedly delayed inspection of their home and, after they filed their lawsuit, they were slow to respond to requests made by the company’s legal team.

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