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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the enclosed land around a house or other building;
- Example: "it was a small house with almost no yard"
[syn: yard, grounds, curtilage]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

curtilage n 1: the enclosed land around a house or other building; "it was a small house with almost no yard" [syn: yard, grounds, curtilage]