frith

noun

1. (rare or archaic) Peace; security.

2. (obsolete) Sanctuary, asylum.

3. a wood, woodland, forest; undergrowth, brushwood

4. Alternative form of firth

5. (Britain) A kind of weir for catching fish.

verb

1. (transitive, obsolete) To protect; guard.

2. (transitive, obsolete) To inclose; fence in, as a forest or park.