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ˈcourt-ˌyard, ˈcourtyard
An open area surrounded by walls or buildings within the precincts of a large house, castle, homestead, etc.
1552Huloet, Courte yarde, platea. 1625K. Long tr. Barclay's Argenis i. ix. 22 One of the maides passing thorow the Court-yard, returns with report of Poliarchus death. 1779F. Burney Diary 12 Oct., Two immense gates and two court-yards precede the entrance into the dwelling part of the house. 1809–10Coleridge Friend (1865) 56 Within the high walls and in the narrow court-yard of a prison. 1869Trollope He knew vii. (1878) 36 Windows looking out behind into a gloomy courtyard. |