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单词 courtyard
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courtyardn.

Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcourt-ˌyard.
An open area surrounded by walls or buildings within the precincts of a large house, castle, homestead, etc.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > courtyard > [noun]
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base court1490
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palace courta1679
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under-ward1826
tetrastoön1838
courtlet1844
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1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Courte yarde, platea.
1625 K. Long tr. J. Barclay Argenis i. ix. 22 One of the Maids passing thorow the Court-yard, returnes with report of Poliarchvs death.
1779 F. Burney Let. 12 Oct. in Early Jrnls. & Lett. (1994) III. 364 2 immense Gates & 2 Court Yards precede the Entrance into the Dwelling part of the House.
1809–10 S. T. Coleridge Friend (1865) 56 Within the high walls and in the narrow court-yard of a prison.
1869 A. Trollope He knew he was Right I. vii. 50 Windows looking out behind into a gloomy courtyard.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online September 2020).
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