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单词 courtin
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courtinn.

Forms: Also courtain, courting.
Etymology: < medieval Latin cortina farm-court or close, diminutive of medieval Latin cortis court n.1Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcourtin.
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1794 A. Lowe Gen. View Agric. Berwick 34 Courtings, where young or wintering cattle lie..or courtings where young cattle are confined during the summer.
1809 R. Kerr Agric. Surv. Berwick iii. 94 The offices, provincially called the stead, steading, or courtin, form three sides of a square or courtyard.
1863 J. C. Morton Cycl. Agric. (new ed.) II. (Gloss.) 722/1 Courtain (North Eng.), yard for cattle.
1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. Courting, a court, an enclosed yard.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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