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.
Cartilage is a semirigid connective tissue that is weaker than bone, but more flexible and resilient. As with all connec- tive tissue types, cartilage contains a population of cells scattered throughout a matrix of protein fibers embedded within a gel-like ground substance.