curtilage Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the enclosed land around a house or other building
    yard; grounds.
    • it was a small house with almost no yard

WordNet

Cur"ti*lage noun
Etymology
OF. cortillage, curtillage, fr. cortil court, courtyard, LL. cortis court. See Court.
Definitions
  1. (Law) A yard, courtyard, or piece of ground, included within the fence surrounding a dwelling house. Burrill.

Webster 1913