thwaite Meaning, Definition & Usage

Thwaite noun
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) The twaite.
Thwaite noun
Etymology
CF. Icel. veit a piece of land, fr. vita to cut. See Thwite, and cf. Doit, and Twaite land cleared of woods.
Definitions
  1. Forest land cleared, and converted to tillage; an assart. Obs. or Prov. Eng. ✍ Thwaite occurs in composition as the last element in many names of places in the north of England; as, in Rosthwaite, Stonethwaite.

Webster 1913