Noun. 1. tie-in-a fastener that serves to join or connect; the walls are held together with metal links placed in the wet mortar during construction. linkup, link, tie. nosepiece, bridge-the link between two lenses; rests on the nose.
Curtilage. The area, usually enclosed, encompassing the grounds and buildings immediately surrounding a home that is used in the daily activities of domestic life. A garage, barn, smokehouse, chicken house, and garden are curtilage if their locations are reasonably near to the home.
Wiktionary (0.00 / 0 votes) Rate this definition: cartilage (Noun). A type of dense, non-vascular connective tissue, usually found at the end of joints, the rib cage, the ear, the nose, in the throat and between intervertebral disks.Origin: From cartilage, from cartilago.artilage. Is a form of flexible connective tissue found in many areas in the bodies of humans and other animals. In humans cartilage can be found in the joints between bones, the rib cage, the ear, the nose, the bronchial tubes and the intervertebral discs.