[f. as prec. + -LET.] A small or petty court.
1842. De Quincey, Pagan Oracles, Wks. 1862, VII. 220. At any other court or courtlet whatsoever, except that of Ashantee.
1844. Thackeray, Lit. Trav., ii. These little mansions … have a courtlet before them, in which … green plants … are growing.
1865. W. G. Palgrave, Arabia, I. 136. The … hollow formalities of some coast or frontier courtlet.
