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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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COURTIN, COURTING, n. (See quots.) Also in Eng. dial. (E.D.D.).Bwk. 1794 A. Lowe Gen. View Agric. Bwk. 34:
Farm-yard dung is that which is collected . . . from one or two courtings, where young or wintering cattle lie . . . or from courtings where young cattle are confined during the summer, to feed on soil or cut clover.
Bwk. 1809 R. Kerr Gen. View Agric. Bwk. 94:
Upon all principal farms the offices, provincially called the stead, steading, or courtin, form three sides of a square or courtyard.

[Med.Lat. cortina, farm court or close, dim. of Med.Lat. cortis, a court (N.E.D.), Lat. cohors, cors, idem.]

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