thorp noun.
[Ɵɔ:p] Now
arch. &
Hist. Also
thorpe.
[Old English Þrop, (after Old Norse) Þorp = Old Frisian thorp, Old Saxon Þorp (Dutch dorp), Old & mod. High German dorf, Old Norse Þorp, Gothic Þaurp field, from Germanic.]A hamlet, a small village.
► A common elem. in English place-names.
[TahlilGaran] English Dictionary ▲