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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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CLOSE COORT, n.comb.

1. The square yard round which the steading of a farm is built (Abd.⁹, Ags.¹ 1936).Abd.¹³ 1910:
The farm houses are in a square with a penn for going out and in at. The midden is always in the centre of the “close coort.”

2. (See quot.)Bnff.² 1936:
Recently it has become common to roof the yard with the midden in the middle, and to speak of a “close coort” or a “closed-in coort” now-a-days would be to describe a farm-yard where this has been done, in contradistinction to an “open coort.”