Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A wall built on the boundary line of adjoining properties and shared by both owners.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A wall upon the line between the premises of adjoining owners, which each has the right to use as a support for his structure, and usually also to some extent for chimneys, water-pipes, etc.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A commonly
shared wall dividing twoproperties
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a wall erected on the line between two properties and shared by both owners
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Obsolete party, shared, divided, from Old French parti; see parti-colored.]
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