Pronunciation : Toft
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [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.]
Definition : 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)
Defn: A place where a messuage has once stood; the site of a burnt or decayed house.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913