curtylage
Middle English
Alternative forms
- corlege, courtelage, courtelayge, courtlage, curlege, curtelage, curtilage, curtlage, curtlyge
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French cortillage, curtillage; compare court.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kurtiˈlaːdʒ(ə)/, /ˈkurtiladʒ(ə)/, /ˈkur(t)ladʒ(ə)/
Noun
curtylage (chiefly Late Middle English)
- A small personal garden surrounding a house.
- (rare) The care of such a garden.
Descendants
- English: curtilage; courtledge, courtlage
References
- “curtilāǧe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.