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base court

noun

Etymology

French basse-cour.

  1. derived from basse-cour

Definitions

  1. The secondary, inferior, outdoor or rear courtyard of a large house, palace or castle.

    • My Lord, in the base Court he doth attend To speake with you, may it please you to come downe.
    • Once more the palace set in fair array, To the base court the females take their way; There compass'd close between the dome and wall (Their life's last scene) they trembling wait their fall.
    • Through the great gate, with its groined ceiling, we pass into the first or Base Court. This at once strikes the visitor as being very low on the north and south in proportion to the high Gate-house and Clock-tower.

  2. An inferior court of law, not a court of record.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA