outer courtyard

Frequency: 5.55.0 per million words

The first courtyard one enters in a large complex like a castle.

courtyardADJECTIVE + courtyard

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outer

Examples (10)

  • The guards stood watch at the gate to the outer courtyard.
  • Visitors must pass through the outer courtyard before entering the main building.
  • The outer courtyard was filled with merchants and their carriages.
  • We gathered in the outer courtyard before the ceremony began.
  • The castle's outer courtyard provided space for military exercises.
  • Horses were kept in the stables surrounding the outer courtyard.
  • The outer courtyard served as the first line of defense.
  • Pilgrims assembled in the monastery's outer courtyard.
  • The outer courtyard was paved with large stone blocks.
  • From the outer courtyard, we could see the towering walls of the fortress.