CURTILAGE

yard, grounds, curtilage

(noun) the enclosed land around a house or other building; “it was a small house with almost no yard”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

curtilage (plural curtilages)

(legal) The area immediately surrounding a house, including any closely associated buildings and structures.

Synonyms

• (area around a house): grounds

Anagrams

• cutigeral, graticule

Source: Wiktionary


Cur"ti*lage (k, n. Etym: [OF. cortillage, curtillage, fr. cortil court, courtyard, LL. cortis court. See Court.] (Law)

Definition: A yard, courtyard, or piece of ground, included within the fence surrounding a dwelling house. Burrill.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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