Definition of "kitchen-court" [kitchen-court]

• In a large house, the court upon which the kitchen and its dependencies open by doors or windows, or both. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Robert Johnstone, Esquire, then Dean of Guild of the city, with the liberal acquiescence of the persons who had contracted for the work, procured for the Author of Waverley the stones which composed the gateway, together with the door, and its ponderous fastenings, which he employed in decorating the entrance of his kitchen-court at Abbotsford."
• "While standing by the porch he saw a belated servitor approaching from the kitchen-court to attend the service also."
• "It opened onto the kitchen-court, which suited Kiron fine."