An area of woodland preserved for hunting deer, possibly within a forest. It developed from ‘frith’ by metathesis and seems to be predominantly a west Yorkshire spelling.
The name of a public house, on the old highway between Brighouse and Keighley, formerly a moorland crossing. The meaning of the name has been much discussed and it remains uncertain.
A frequent alternative to ‘flaght’, said in the OED to be chiefly Scottish, but a common word in north Yorkshire for an oblong piece of heath pared from the surface and dried for fuel.
A tool used by bowyers, represented in the arms of the Bowyers’ Company where it is pictured as a flat plate with teeth on the under side and a handle at the top (OED).