The end of the town where the Court is, the fashionable quarter. (Cf. west-end.)
1712. Steele, Spect., No. 450, ¶ 5. A wealthy Spark of the Court-end of the Town.
1779. Mad. D’Arblay, Diary, 26 May. Mr. Thrale’s house is in West-Street [Brighton], which is the court end of the town here as well as in London.
1801. Strutt, Sports & Past., III. ii. 153. A puppet-show was exhibited at the court end of the town.
