poffle Sc.
(ˈpɒf(ə)l)
Also paffle.
[Deriv. obscure: cf. pightle and the phonetic variations under hickwall.]
A small parcel of land: cf. pendicle 2 b.
(Max poffil, the poffle of Maccus, now Maxpoffle in Roxburghshire, is mentioned in 1317.)
| 1797 Statist. Acc. Scot. XIX. 328 Some places are parcelled out into small poffles or farms, few of which are above 30 acres each. 1818 Scott Hrt. Midl. Ded., Disclaiming all intention of purchasing that pendicle or poffle of land called the Carlinescroft. 1901 A. Lang in Longm. Mag. Feb. 380 In Spot itself he purchased a poffle or pendicle of land. |