toft

 [tawft, toft]  

toft

   [tawft, toft]
noun British Dialect.
1.
the site of a house and outbuildings.
2.
a house site and its adjoining arable land.
Origin:
before 1050; Middle English, late Old English < ?
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a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
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toft (tɒft)
 
—n
1.  a homestead
2.  an entire holding, consisting of a homestead and the attached arable land
 
[Old English, from Old Norse topt]

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