Meaning of courtledge | Babel Free
ˈkɔːtlɪd͡ʒDefinitions
A small personal garden surrounding a house; a curtilage.
West-Country, dialectal, especially, obsolete
Examples
“[…]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[…]”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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