curtilage
pronunciation
How to pronounce curtilage in British English:
UK ['kɜ:tɪlɪdʒ]
How to pronounce curtilage in American English:
US ['kɜtəlɪdʒ]
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- Noun:
- the enclosed land around a house or other building
Word Origin
- curtilage (n.)
- early 14c., from Anglo-French curtilage, from Old French cortil "little court, walled garden, yard," from Medieval Latin cortile "court, yard," from Latin cortis (see court (n.)).
Example
- 1. Approving new curtilage and the other construction use land .
- 2. News reports , purple curtilage nominated for the shanghai international film .
- 3. So beautiful house , and this has really auspicious curtilage what essential condition ?
- 4. The courts have long held that people have a reasonable expectation of privacy in their homes and in the " curtilage , " a fancy legal term for the area around the home .
- 5. Perhaps they were unsure if a smoking shelter counted as outdoors or constituted the curtilage .