purlieu
[ pur-loo, purl-yoo ]
/ ˈpɜr lu, ˈpɜrl yu /
noun
purlieus,
environs or neighborhood.
a place where one may range at large; confines or bounds.
a person's haunt or resort.
an outlying district or region, as of a town or city.
a piece of land on the edge of a forest, originally land that, after having been included in a royal forest, was restored to private ownership, though still subject, in some respects, to the operation of the forest laws.
Words nearby purlieu
purkinje layer,
purkinje shift,
purkinje's figures,
purl,
purler,
purlieu,
purlin,
purlin plate,
purloin,
purpart,
purparty
Example sentences from the Web for purlieu
British Dictionary definitions for purlieu
purlieu
/ (ˈpɜːljuː) /
noun
English history
land on the edge of a forest that was once included within the bounds of the royal forest but was later separated although still subject to some of the forest laws, esp regarding hunting
(usually plural)
a neighbouring area; outskirts
(often plural)
a place one frequents; haunt
rare
a district or suburb, esp one that is poor or squalid
Word Origin for purlieu
C15
purlewe, from Anglo-French
puralé a going through (influenced also by Old French
lieu place), from Old French
puraler to traverse, from
pur through +
aler to go