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courtyard

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courtyard
an open area of ground surrounded by walls or buildings; court

courtyard
An open area that is partially or fully enclosed by one or more buildings and/or by walls. Courtyards that are enclosed or partially enclosed by walls are sometimes referred to as patios. Also see placita.


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To reach the courtyard where the thoats were kept it was necessary for Carthoris to pass through one of the buildings which surrounded the square.
Before I could stir in the matter, the men who had followed me across the courtyard crowded in.
He led her in silence to the courtyard and across the lowered drawbridge, to where they soon discovered a group of horsemen, and in answer to a low challenge from Shandy, Norman of Torn replied that it was he.
 
 
 
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