- toft
- A vacant space of ground where a house formerly stood.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
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Toft — could be:Places*Toft, Cambridgeshire *Toft, Cheshire *Toft, Lincolnshire *Toft, Shetland *Toft, WarwickshirePeopleToft is a surname and can refer to: *Albert Toft (1862 1949), British sculptor *Omar Toft (1886 1921), American racecar driver… … Wikipedia
Toft — 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. A knoll or hill. [Obs.] A tower on a toft. Piers Plowman. [1913 Webster] 2 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Toft — ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Gösta Toft (* 1951), Sekretär der Schleswigschen Partei Jürgen Toft (* 1943), deutscher Orthopäde Mary Toft (auch: Tofts, geborene Denyer; 1701–1763), Dienstmagd aus Godalming, Surrey, England … Deutsch Wikipedia
toft — [täft, tôft] n. [ME < Late OE < ON topt, a homestead, ground marked out for building < IE * dom ped , house site < base * dem , to build (> TIMBER) + * ped , FOOT] 1. [Brit. Historical] a) a house site b) a homestead with its… … English World dictionary
ţoft — s. v. şoldar. Trimis de siveco, 13.09.2007. Sursa: Sinonime … Dicționar Român
toft — toft(tofte,tofft,toffte)adj 1.gut,schön,angenehm;sehreindrucksvoll;tüchtig.Nebenformzu⇨toff.Rotwseit1835;späterhalbw;vorwiegendimWestfverbreitet. 2.kameradschaftlich.BSD1965ff … Wörterbuch der deutschen Umgangssprache
toft — sb., en, er, erne (et jordstykke) … Dansk ordbog
Toft — Recorded as Taft, Tift, Toft and Tuft, this is an English surname, but of pre 7th century Old Scandinavian origins. It is locational from any of the various places called Toft, in the counties of Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk and… … Surnames reference
toft — lowes·toft; toft; toft·man; … English syllables
toft — /tawft, toft/, n. Brit. Dial. 1. the site of a house and outbuildings. 2. a house site and its adjoining arable land. [bef. 1050; ME, late OE < ?] * * * … Universalium
Toft, Warwickshire — Toft is a hamlet in the county of Warwickshire, England, just south of Dunchurch village. To the west across Draycote Water (a modern reservoir) lies Thurlaston village. The hamlet is known to have existed in the early 1600s. It sits on a hill… … Wikipedia
