TOFT

toft. Toft, n. a place where a message has once stood

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Toft (?), n. [[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. 1. A knoll or hill. “A tower on a toft.” Piers Plowman.
2. 2. A grove of trees; also, a plain.
3. 3. (O. Eng. Law) A place where a messuage has once stood; the site of a burnt or decayed house.