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.
In urban properties, the location of the curtilage may be evident from the position of fences, wall and similar; within larger properties it may be a matter of some legal debate as to where the private area ends and the open fields start.