Definition of Base-court

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Base-court
(n.)
The secondary, inferior, or rear courtyard of a large house; the outer court of a castle.
  
(n.)
An inferior court of law, not of record.
  

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Base-court Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries

Shakespeare Words
BASE-COURT
outer court of a mansion or castle.

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base-court

base-court
\base"-court`\ (&?;), n. [f. basse-cour. see base, a., and court, n.]
1. the secondary, inferior, or rear courtyard of a large house; the outer court of a castle.
2. (law) an inferior court of law, not of record.



Base-court Definition from Social Science Dictionaries & Glossaries

castle glossary
base-court
the outer or lower ward of a castle