Meanings
nouncourtlage (plural courtlages)
plural courtlages
- Southern EnglandWest CountryalternativeAlternative form of curtilage.
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The house, a square, two-storyed building of greystone, roofed with heavy slates, was guarded in front by a small courtlage, the wall of which blocked all view from the lower rooms. […] A white gate opened on the courtlage, and the path from this to the front door was marked out by slabs of blue slate, accurately laid in line.
1892, Q [pseudonym; Arthur Quiller-Couch], “I Saw Three Ships. Chapter II. The Second Ship.”, in I Saw Three Ships and Other Winter’s Tales, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, […], →OCLC, page 35
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