Category:Thwaite

Thwaite, n. (zoöl.)

Defn: the twaite.

Thwaite Thwaite, n. Etym: [cf. Icel. a piece of land, fr. to cut. See thwite, And cf. Doit, and twaite land cleared of woods.]

Defn: forest land cleared, and converted to tillage; an assart. [obs. Or prov. Eng.]

Note: thwaite occurs in composition as the last element in many names Of places in the north of england; as, in rosthwaite, stonethwaite.