courtledge
/ˈkɔɹtlɪd͡ʒ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Alternative form of curtilage.
Example Sentences
- "I give to my kinsman Alexander Trevethan, John Nicholls of Trereife, Esq., George Veale of Trevailer, Gent., Thomas Rowe, Clerk, the Vicar of Madron, and to the succeeding Vicar and Vicars, Abraham Chirgwin and Thomas Baynard both of Madron, yeomen, My little Tenement in Leriggon, […] and the House and Courtledge now in the possession of Cicely Benver, Widow for her life […] and all that House, Courtledge and Cellar, Granted by Lease to George Edmonds, and that Cellar and Courtledge now in the possession of Daniel Hawkey, Merchant, By Grant for 99 years, […]"
- "On the middle of the down stood a wayside inn; a desolate and villanous-looking lump of lichen-spotted granite, with windows paper-patched, and rotting thatch kept down by stones and straw-bands; and at the back a rambling courtledge of barns and walls, around which pigs and bare-foot children grunted in loving communion of dirt."
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈkɔɹtlɪd͡ʒ/
- British English: /ˈkɔːtlɪd͡ʒ/