"courtledge" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkɔːtlɪd͡ʒ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkɔɹtlɪd͡ʒ/ [General-American] Forms: courtledges [plural], courtlage [alternative]
Etymology: A variant of curtilage. Head templates: {{en-noun}} courtledge (plural courtledges)
  1. (dialectal, especially West Country, obsolete) A small personal garden surrounding a house; a curtilage. Tags: West-Country, dialectal, especially, obsolete Categories (topical): Horticulture
    Sense id: en-courtledge-en-noun-7YkO4Isp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, West Country English

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "1710 July 10, George Daniell, “Abstract of the Will of George Daniell […] ”, in John S. Amery, Maxwell Adams, E. Windeatt, H Tapley-Soper, editors, Devon & Cornwall Notes & Queries, volume 6, J.G. Commin, published 1911, page 75:",
          "text": "[…]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)[…]",
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          "ref": "1855, Charles Kingsley, “How Salvation Yeo Slew the King of the Gubbings”, in Westward Ho!: Or, The Voyages and Adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight, […], volume II, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Macmillan & Co., →OCLC, page 113:",
          "text": "[…]and at the back a rambling courtledge of barns and walls, around which pigs and bare-foot children grunted in loving communion of dirt.",
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          "ref": "1898, Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch, “The Second Ship”, in I Saw Three Ships and Other Winter's Tales, Scribner, page 27:",
          "text": "The house, a square, two-storied building, of gray stone, roofed with heavy slates, was guarded in front by a small courtlage[…]",
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          "text": "[…]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)[…]",
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          "ref": "1855, Charles Kingsley, “How Salvation Yeo Slew the King of the Gubbings”, in Westward Ho!: Or, The Voyages and Adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight, […], volume II, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Macmillan & Co., →OCLC, page 113:",
          "text": "[…]and at the back a rambling courtledge of barns and walls, around which pigs and bare-foot children grunted in loving communion of dirt.",
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