outcourt
/ˈaʊtkɔː(ɹ)t/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The other half of the court from the goal one is aiming for.
adj
Occurring outside the courtroom; adjudicated outside of a trial.
adv
On the outcourt.
Example Sentences
- "the skirts and outcourts of heaven"
- "There is an outcourt or quadrant, whereof one side is a gallery to walk in, being in length six hundred feet."
- "If it is made up of those who shall persevere in holiness to the end of life, and be saved with an everlasting salvation, the church on earth being, as it werre, the outcourt and emblem of the church in heaven, and the church militant composed of those who shall form the church triumphant, then infants have properly no place in it."
- "About the middle of June, 1642, the Residence of the Fathers at St. Marys-on-the-Wye, its outcourt and surrounding buildings, slept in dreamy, peaceful slumber."
- "Offensive player in the middle of the outcourt receives a pass from one of his teammates."
- "For Calvin it was Rog Postmus with 18, mostly from outcourt, Duane Rosendahl with 16, Stu Sisco with 15, and Preston "Butts" Kool had 10."
Etymology
From out + court.