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Webster 1913 Edition
Toft
Toft
,Noun.
[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)
A place where a messuage has once stood; the site of a burnt or decayed house.
Webster 1828 Edition
Toft
TOFT
,Noun.
1.
A grove of trees.2.
In law books, a place where a messuage has stood, but is decayed.Definition 2024
toft
toft
English
Noun
toft (plural tofts)
- A homestead, especially one on a hill.
- 1840, George Poulson, The History and Antiquities of the Seigniory of Holderness, Volume 1, page 479,
- Rendering therefore annually to me and my heirs one halfpenny on the day of the nativity of St. John the Baptist for all suits services and demands and I the said Alice and my heirs the aforesaid toft and land with all their appurtenances as is before named to the said William and his heirs […] .
- 2003, C. S. Knighton (editor), Calendar of Inquisitions Miscellaneous (Chancery): Preserved in the Public Record Office, Volume VIII: 1422—1485, page 73,
- Wynnemerus Preston lately held 2 cottages wasted of which the tofts are worth 2d. net yearly and another cottage wasted of which the toft is worth 6d. net yearly.
- 2013, M. J. Hebditch (editor), Yorkshire Deeds, Volume 9, page 34,
- […] the lands of Peter de Sourdeuall in Esk, Brandesburton and Routh […] namely, half the capital messuage with the enclosure (ofuenam) as it is bounded and fenced, and a bovate of land which belonged to John, son of Emmot, and a toft which Henry, son of Walter, held, and a toft which Roger the carpenter (le carpentre) held, […] .
- 1840, George Poulson, The History and Antiquities of the Seigniory of Holderness, Volume 1, page 479,