Base-court meaning

The bailey or base-court containing other buildings and covering three times the area of the château extended between it and the village.

The base court nearest to the outer wall contained the buildings belonging to the functions of the body as agriculturists and employers of labour.

This inner gate conducted into the base court (T), round which were placed the barns, stables, cow-sheds, &c. On the eastern side stood the dormitory of the lay brothers, fratres conversi (G), detached from the cloister, with cellars and storehouses below.