Outskirt

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Outskirt \Out"skirt`\, n.
     A part remote from the center, and near the outer edge;
     border; -- usually in the plural; as, the outskirts of a
     town. --Wordsworth.
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           The outskirts of his march of mystery.   --Keble.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  outskirt
       n : a part of the city far removed from the center; "they built
           a factory on the outskirts of the city" [syn: {fringe}]