Thorp
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /θɔːp/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Thorp is a noun meaning (archaic, now chiefly in placenames) A group of houses standing together in the country; a hamlet; a village.
Meaning
(archaic, now chiefly in placenames) A group of houses standing together in the country; a hamlet; a village.
Example Sentences
Within a little thorp I staid.
A plague upon the people fell, / A famine after laid them low, / Then thorpe and byre arose in fire, / For on them brake the sudden foe; […]
Word Forms
- thorps
- thorpe
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