Forest
earth cleared, and converted to tillage; an assart.
Thwaite occurs in
composition as the
recent element in much
names of places in the north of England; as, in Rosthwaite, Stonethwaite.
Origin: CF. Icel. Veit a
piece of earth, fr. Vita to cut. See Thwite, and cf. Doit, and Twaite
earth cleared of woods.
The twaite.
Source: Websters Vocabulary