curtilage
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curtilage
- /ˈkɜːtɪlɪd͡ʒ/ UK
- /ˈkɜɹtəlɪd͡ʒ/ US
- [-ɾə-] US
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Inherited from Middle English courtelage, curtilage, curtylage (“vegetable garden; croft; gardening, farming”), from Anglo-Norman curtilage, from Old French cortillage, courtillage (modern French courtillage (obsolete); compare Medieval Latin cortilagium, curtilagium), from cortil, cortill (“small court, garth”) + -age (suffix denoting a relationship with a place). Cortil, cortill are derived from cort, curt (“court of a monarch”) + -il (suffix forming place names); and cort, curt from Latin cōrtem, the accusative singular form of cōrs, a variant of cohors (“court; enclosure; farmyard; etc.”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“beside, by; near; with”) + *ǵʰer- (“to enclose”).
noun curtilages · courtlage · courtledge
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A small piece of land, such as a garth or yard with the buildings and structures on it, immediately surrounding a dwelling house and legally regarded as part of its property; originally, such areas were enclosed by a fence or wall.
Coordinate term: messuage
Similar: grounds
Translations
Talk about this word "curtilage." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/curtilage. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. curtilage. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/curtilage "curtilage." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/curtilage.Cite this
@misc{curtilage_2026,
title = {curtilage},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/curtilage},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
