toft

American  

[tawft, toft] / tɔft, tɒft /

noun

British Dialect.

1. the site of a house and outbuildings.

2. a house site and its adjoining arable land.

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toft British  

/ tɒft /

noun

1. a homestead

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

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Etymology

Origin of toft

before 1050; Middle English, late Old English < ?

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Example Sentences

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toft

Each building is called a toft, a Norse-derived word for farmhouse or homestead.

From New York Times ● Sep. 18, 2015

And when all was done they went back to the toft before the rock-chamber, where the elder had opened the loads, and had taken meal thence, and was making cakes at the fire.

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

In Northumberland, Durham, Cumberland, Westmoreland and Lancashire thorpe is comparatively rare, while toft is not found at all.

From Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch by George Tobias Flom

A toft," says Dr. Whitaker, "is a homestead in a village, so called from the small tufts of maple, elm, ash, and other wood, with which dwelling-houses were anciently overhung.

From View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 by Henry Hallam

A draft of the toft of the castle and keep of Castle Comb.

From The Natural History of Wiltshire by John Aubrey

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