Definition of "toft" []

• Chiefly British A homestead. (noun)
• Chiefly British A hillock. (noun)

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• "In Northumberland, Durham, Cumberland, Westmoreland and Lancashire thorpe is comparatively rare, while toft is not found at all."
• "This isn't the case – there is at least one “toft” that I can think of – Toft Hill in County Durham."
• "When he'd made me landless he offered to leave me the toft if I'd bind myself to turn over all my work to him for my keep."