Category:Thorp

Thorp, thorpe (thôrp), n. Etym: [as. þorp; akin to os. & ofries. Thorp, d. dorp, g. dorf, icel. þorp, dan. torp, sw. torp a cottage, a Little farm, goth. þaúrp a field, and probably to lith. troba a Building, a house, w. tref a hamlet, ir. treabh a farmed village, a Tribe, clan, gael. treabhair houses, and perhaps to l. turba a crowd, Mult. Cf. Dorp.]

Defn: a group of houses in the country; a small village; a hamlet; a Dorp; -- now chiefly occurring in names of places and persons; as, Althorp, mablethorpe. "within a little thorp i staid." Fairfax. Then thorpe and byre arose in fire. Tennyson.