Category:Toft

Toft, n. Etym: [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.]

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)

Defn: a place where a messuage has once stood; the site of a burnt or Decayed house.