'Curtilage' definitions:

Definition of 'curtilage'

(from WordNet)
noun
The enclosed land around a house or other building; "it was a small house with almost no yard" [syn: yard, grounds, curtilage]

Definition of 'Curtilage'

From: GCIDE
  • Curtilage \Cur"ti*lage\ (k?r"t?-l?j), n. [OF. cortillage, curtillage, fr. cortil court, courtyard, LL. cortis court. See Court.] (Law) A yard, courtyard, or piece of ground, included within the fence surrounding a dwelling house. --Burrill. [1913 Webster]