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noun
The ground on the edges of a forest, especially when partly subject to the same forest laws concerning game hunting etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
The outskirts of any place; an adjacent district; the environs or neighborhood; milieu.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
an outer adjacent area of any place
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: environs
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: geographical area, geographic area, geographical region, geographic region
History
From Middle English purlewe (“piece of land on the edge of a forest”), modification under the influence of Old French lieu (“place”) of porale, purale (“royal perambulation”), from Old French porale, from poraler (“to traverse”), from por- (“forth”) (from Latin prō-) + aler, aller (“to go”).
