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soggypete Started conversation Nov 24, 2009
Ref 'toot' as a West-country term for a look-out point - I know of another Toot Hill between the River Trent and the village of Kneeton, also one in nearby Bingham (both Nottinghamshire) but Streetmap shows them occurring all over Britain. I have heard it suggested that there is a link to the word 'moot' which was a meeting place. Apparently high ground was often used for inter-tribal meetings because the site could be defended if necessary.
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Icy North Posted Nov 25, 2009
Hi Soggypete, and welcome to h2g2! 
The OED tells me that 'toot' as in the coastguard lookout promontory derives from either the Middle English 'tuten' - to keep a look-out or to spy on (which we now know as the modern word word 'tout') or the Old English 'tytan' (to peep out or become visible)
On the other hand 'moot', as in 'meeting place' derives from Germanic and Scandinavian words wuch as the Middle Dutch moet.
I can't find a link between them, but that doesn't mean that there isn't one. Let me know if you find anything else on this.
Icy
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