purlieu
11purlieu — noun Etymology: Middle English purlewe land severed from an English royal forest by perambulation, from Anglo French puralé perambulation, from puraler to travel through, measure, from pur thoroughly + aler to go more at purchase Date: 15th… …
12purlieu — noun /ˈpəːljuː/ a) The ground on the edges of a forest, especially when partly subject to the same forest laws concerning game hunting etc. b) The outskirts of any place; an adjacent district; the environs or neighborhood …
13purlieu — Synonyms and related words: agora, amphitheater, arena, athletic field, auditorium, background, baths, bear garden, boundary, bounds, bowl, boxing ring, bull ring, campus, canvas, casino, circus, club, clubhouse, cockpit, coliseum, colosseum,… …
14purlieu — (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Border] Syn. fringe, outskirts, periphery; see boundary , edge 1 . 2. [Environment] Syn. vicinity, locale, district; see area 2 , neighborhood …
15purlieu — , purlieus The first denotes bounds or limits; the second denotes outlying areas or environs …
16purlieu — pÉœrluË / pÉœËlju n. outlying area of a city, outskirts; area at the edge of a forest …
17purlieu — [ pə:lju:] noun (plural purlieus or purlieux) 1》 (purlieus or purlieux) the area near or surrounding a place. 2》 Brit. historical a tract on the border of a forest, especially one earlier included in it and still partly subject to forest laws.… …
18purlieu — n 1. outskirts, outposts; perimeter, periphery, fringe; limits, city limits, outer limits; suburbs, outlying districts. 2. purlieus environs, environment, surroundings, milieu; vicinity, vicinage, neighborhood, Inf. neck of the woods, Inf. part… …
19purlieu — pur·lieu …
20purlieu — Land which was near a royal forest and which had previously formed a part of the forest itself …
