frith

Meanings

Plural: friths

Noun

• Peace; security.
• Sanctuary, asylum.
• A forest or wood; woodland generally.
• Land with mostly undergrowth and few trees; also, land in between forests or woods; pastureland which is not in use.
• Brushwood or undergrowth, sometimes in the form of a hedge.
• A hedge, especially one made from brushwood which has been wattled; also, a movable frame made from wattled branches, a hurdle.
• A kind of weir made from wattled branches for catching fish.
• Alternative form of firth (“an arm or inlet of the sea”).

Verb

• To protect; guard.
• To enclose; fence in, as a forest or park.