outskirt

plural outskirts

1. A more remote part of a town or city; the periphery, environs; a suburb.

   Many people commute into the business district from the outskirts of town.

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   I told her of my plan to take John into an urban outskirt area for the purpose of retrieving some vital technical manuals.

   2010, J. L. Bourne, Beyond Exile: Day by Day Armageddon, page 37

   The outskirt communities were originally established as labor camps for railroad workers, farm and ranch hands.

   1983, Our Barrios: Past, Present, and Future, page 20

   Hal Smith, manager of the Ferry Field theatre, Detroit, one of the largest and prettiest outskirt houses in town, played Metro's "Revelation" for three days last week

   1917, Michigan Film Review, page 347

present singular third person outskirts · participle present outskirting · participle past outskirted · past outskirted

1. transitiveTo surround as an outskirt.