Meaning of base court | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The secondary, inferior, outdoor or rear courtyard of a large house, palace or castle.
2. An inferior court of law, not a court of record.
   historical

Examples

“My Lord, in the base⟳ Court he doth attend⟳ To speake with you, may it please⟳ you to come⟳ downe.”

“Once more the palace set⟳ in fair array, To the base⟳ court the females take⟳ their way; There compass'd close⟳ between the dome and wall (Their life's last⟳ scene) they trembling wait⟳ their fall⟳.”

“Through the great gate, with its groined ceiling, we pass⟳ into the first or Base⟳ Court. This at once strikes the visitor as being very low on the north and south in proportion to the high Gate-house and Clock-tower.”

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