also: an entire holding comprising a homestead and additional land
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebLaxton 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