outskirt

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

outskirt
    n 1: a part of the city far removed from the center; "they built
         a factory on the outskirts of the city" [syn: {outskirt},
         {fringe}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Outskirt \Out"skirt`\, n.
   A part remote from the center, and near the outer edge;
   border; -- usually in the plural; as, the outskirts of a
   town. --Wordsworth.
   [1913 Webster]

         The outskirts of his march of mystery.   --Keble.
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