dial. Also courtain, -ing. [ad. med.L. cortina farm-court or close, dim. of med.L. cortis COURT.]

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1794.  A. Lowe, Agric. Berwicksh., 34. Courtings, where young or wintering cattle lie … or courtings where young cattle are confined during the summer.

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1809.  R. Kerr, Surv. Berwicksh. (1813), III. § ii. 94. The offices, provincially called the stead, steading, or courtin, form three sides of a square or courtyard.

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1863.  Morton, Cycl. Agric., Gloss. (E. D. S.), Courtain (North Eng.), yard for cattle.

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1877.  E. Peacock, N. W. Linc. Gloss., Courting, a court, an enclosed yard.

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