A historical term for land or holdings attached to a cottage; cottage land or small agricultural plot.
From Old French 'cote' (cottage) + '-illage' (territorial or property suffix), similar to 'tillage' for cultivated land.
Words like 'cotillage' reveal how medieval societies measured wealth in land-attached-to-houses rather than gold—a cottage was worthless without its associated fields.
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