What does "thwaite" mean?

Thwaite: The twaite.

Additional senses

  1. 2.Forest land cleared, and converted to tillage; an assart. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Note: Thwaite occurs in composition as the last element in many names of places in the north of England; as, in Rosthwaite, Stonethwaite.

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