curtilage : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: curtilage	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for curtilage
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
curtilage n the enclosed land around a house or other building; "it was a small house with almost no yard" Synonym(s): yard, grounds, curtilage
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Curtilage \Cur"ti*lage\ (k[?]r"t[?]-l[?]j), n. [OF. cortillage, curtillage, fr. cortil court, courtyard, LL. cortis court. See {Court}.] (Law) A yard, courtyard, or piece of ground, included within the fence surrounding a dwelling house. --Burrill.