Purlieu

[Pur·lieu]

The area directly around or outside of a place is called its purlieu. In a sense, a city's suburbs can also be thought of as its purlieus. This word usually shows up in its plural form, as in "the purlieus of the palace."

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Originally, the ground near a royal forest, which, having been unlawfully added to the forest, was afterwards severed from it, and disafforested so as to remit to the former owners their rights.


n.
Originally, the ground near a royal forest, which, having been unlawfully added to the forest, was afterwards severed from it, and disafforested so as to remit to the former owners their rights.

n.
Hence, the outer portion of any place; an adjacent district; environs; neighborhood.


Purlieu

Pur"lieu , n. [Corrupted (by influence of lieu place) fr. OF. pural'82e, poral'82e (equiv. to LL. perambulatio a survey of boundaries, originally, a going through); por (L. pro, confused, however, with L. per through) + al'82e. See Pro-, and Alley.] [Written also pourlieu.] 1. Originally, the ground near a royal forest, which, having been unlawfully added to the forest, was afterwards severed from it, and disafforested so as to remit to the former owners their rights.
Then as a tiger, who by chance hath spied In some purlieu two gentle fawns at play.
2. Hence, the outer portion of any place; an adjacent district; environs; neighborhood. "The purlieus of St. James."
brokers had been incessantly plying for custom in the purlieus of the court.

Originally, the ground near a royal forest, which, having been unlawfully added to the forest, was afterwards severed from it, and disafforested so as to remit to the former owners their rights.

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