Obs. local. Forms: 6 tolvet, -vett, 7 talvett, tovit(t, 7–8 tof(f)et, 7–9 tovet; also 9 tavort, tobit, tofet, tofiet (Eng. Dial. Dict.). [A local word of Kent; evidently the same as tollfat (see TOLL sb.1 3).] A measure of two pecks or half a bushel.
[1222. [see tollfat s.v. TOLL sb.1 3].]
1520. MS. Acc. St. John’s Hosp., Canterb. Paied … for a tolvet of malt in drynk vj d. Ibid. (1527). For iij tolvettis of otemele xviij d.
1547. [see tollfat, as above].
1618. MS. Acc. St. John’s Hosp., Canterb. When he brought the iij tovitis of wheat, ij d. Ibid. (1629). For a taluett of wheate ij s ij d. Ibid. (1639). Payed for mendinge of a touitt ij d.
1674. Jeake, Arith. (1696), 81. 1 Bushel 2 Tovits or Half Bushels, 1 Tovit 2 Pecks.
1674. Ray, S. & E. C. Words, 77. A Tovet or Tofet, half a bushel: Kent.
1695. Birchington Par. Acc., in Archæol. Cant., XII. 407. For three tovets of hair.
1777. Ann. Reg., II. 149. Tovet … in Kent means two pecks.
