From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Buildingcourtyardcourt‧yard /ˈkɔːtjɑːd $ ˈkɔːrtjɑːrd/ ●○○ noun [countable]TBan open space that is completely or partly surrounded by buildings
the castle courtyardExamples from the Corpuscourtyard• They walked through the barbican of the Rorim into the cobbledcourtyardbeyond.• Our hotel room faced out on to a lovelycourtyard.• And on the evening of December 9, there is jazz in the museumcourtyard.• Thus, their solicitor drew up a document detailing jointresponsibility for communalmaintenance of roofs, courtyards and externalpaintwork.• The Glen-Gery New York offices are in a nineteenth-century brick house, overlooking a tree-shaded courtyard.• She heads across the courtyard towards casita 6.• The scene in the courtyard was one of utter devastation.• Suddenly patches of pinksandstone were again visible in the courtyard.• In the courtyard is the Madonna of the Mouse, so called because of the mouse sitting on the shoulder of the baby.
