Definitions for curtilage

curtilage cur·ti·lage

Spelling: [kur-tl-ij]
IPA: /ˈkɜr tl ɪdʒ/

Curtilage is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 593 anagrams from letters in curtilage (acegilrtu).

Definitions for curtilage

noun

  1. the area of land occupied by a dwelling and its yard and outbuildings, actually enclosed or considered as enclosed.

Origin of curtilage

1250-1300; Middle English courtelage Anglo-French; Old French cortillage, equivalent to cortil yard (cort court + -il diminutive suffix) + -age -

Examples for curtilage

On the other hand, there need be no restrictions on the height or cubic contents of any building provided its curtilage be ample.

They had been seen prowling about the curtilage of the ale-house the night before.

We made our curtilage here, and here we lived happy until husband died of a fever.

He shall also have the curtilage with the garden adjoining the hall on the north side enclosed as it is with hedges and ditches.

Lincoln laid off his curtilage on a gentle hillock having a slope on every side.

Word Value for curtilage
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Words with friends

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