toft

[ tawft, toft ]

/ tɔft, tɒft /

noun British Dialect.

the site of a house and outbuildings.

a house site and its adjoining arable land.

Nearby words

Origin of toft

before 1050; Middle English, late Old English < ?

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Examples from the Web for toft

There is a sort of heraldic touch about some of these Staffordshire dishes of the Toft class.
Chats on Old Earthenware|Arthur Hayden
Mr. Toft paled at this catalogue of his business achievements.
The Burglars' Club|Henry A. Hering
Toft's and other slip ware was contemporary with delft as a native art.
Chats on Old Earthenware|Arthur Hayden
It exhibits the peculiarly quaint doll-like faces with beady eyes associated with Toft dishes.
Chats on Old Earthenware|Arthur Hayden

Because Toft would look in again to-day or to-morrow, when he had finished on the conservatories at the Vicarage.
When Ghost Meets Ghost|William Frend De Morgan

British Dictionary definitions for toft

toft

/ (tɒft) /

noun British history

a homestead

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

Word Origin for toft

Old English, from Old Norse topt

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