thorpe

• POS: Noun

CIDE DICTIONARY

thorpe, n. [AS. ; akin to OS. & OFries. thorp, D. dorp, G. dorf, Icel. , Dan. torp, Sw. torp a cottage, a little farm, Goth. a field, and probably to Lith. troba a building, a house, W. tref a hamlet, Ir. treabh a farmed village, a tribe, clan, Gael. treabhair houses, and perhaps to L. turba a crowd, mult. Cf. Dorp.].

 A group of houses in the country; a small village; a hamlet; a dorp; -- now chiefly occurring in names of places and persons; as, Althorp, Mablethorpe.  Fairfax.  [1913 Webster]
"Then thorpe and byre arose in fire."  [1913 Webster]