What does courtledge mean?
Courtledge means (dialectal, especially West Country, obsolete) A small personal garden surrounding a house; a curtilage..
Courtledge
/ˈkɔːtlɪd͡ʒ/ · noun
Meaning
(dialectal, especially West Country, obsolete) A small personal garden surrounding a house; a curtilage..
Example Sentences
[…]and the House and Courtledge now in the possession of Cicely Benver, Widow for her life. (Except a small part thereof given by me by Deed to my Kinsman Elisha Paynter)[…]
[…]and at the back a rambling courtledge of barns and walls, around which pigs and bare-foot children grunted in loving communion of dirt.
The house, a square, two-storied building, of gray stone, roofed with heavy slates, was guarded in front by a small courtlage[…]
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Word Forms
- courtledges
- courtlage
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[…]and the House and Courtledge now in the possession of Cicely Benver, Widow for her life. (Except a small part thereof given by me by Deed to my Kinsman Elisha Paynter)[…]
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