Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

   2. A grove of trees; also, a plain. [Prov. Eng.]

   3. (O. Eng. Law) A place where a messuage has once stood; the
      site of a burnt or decayed house.