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 two properties

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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