toft Meaning, Definition & Usage

Toft noun

Etymology

OE. toft a knoll; akin to LG. toft a field hedged in, not far from a house, Icel. topt a green knoll, grassy place, place marked out for a house, Dan. toft.

Definitions

1. A knoll or hill. Obs. "A tower on a toft." Piers Plowman.
2. A grove of trees; also, a plain. Prov. Eng.
3. (O. Eng. Law) A place where a messuage has once stood; the site of a burnt or decayed house.