outskirt

2 definitions found

outskirt - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           The outskirts of his march of mystery.   --Keble.
     [1913 Webster]

outskirt - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  outskirt
      n 1: a part of the city far removed from the center; "they built
           a factory on the outskirts of the city" [syn: outskirt,
           fringe]