toft

noun

ˈtȯft 

ˈtäft

British

: a site for a dwelling and its outbuildings

also : an entire holding comprising a homestead and additional land

Examples of toft in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Laxton had two, the Town Moor Common and the much larger Westwood Common, which together supported a hundred and four rights to common use, with each of these rights attached to a cottage or a toft of land in the village. —Eula Biss, The New Yorker, 8 June 2022

Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from Old English, from Old Norse topt; probably akin to Greek dapedon floor, demein to build, pedon ground — more at timber, ped

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above