English-Thai Dictionary
purlieu
N ขอบเขต รอบนอก fringe periphery kob-ked-rob-nok
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
PURLIEU
n.pur'lu. A border; a limit; a certain limited extent or district; originally, the ground near a royal forest, which being severed from it, was made purlieu, that is, pure or free from the forest laws.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
PURLIEU
Pur "lieu, n. Etym: [Corrupted (by influence of lieu place ) fr. OF. puralée, poralée (equiv. to LL. perambulatio a survey of boundaries, originally, a going through ); por (L. pro, confused, however, with L. per through ) + alée. 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. Milton.
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. Macaulay.
New American Oxford Dictionary
purlieu
pur lieu |ˈpərl (y )o͞o ˈpərlju | ▶noun ( pl. purlieus or purlieux |-l (y )o͞o (z )| ) 1 the area near or surrounding a place: the photogenic purlieus of the Princeton. • a person's usual haunts. 2 Brit. historical a tract on the border of a forest, esp. one earlier included in it and still partly subject to forest laws. ORIGIN late 15th cent. (denoting a tract on the border of a forest ): probably an alteration (suggested by French lieu ‘place ’) of Anglo-Norman French puralee ‘a going around to settle the boundaries. ’
Oxford Dictionary
purlieu
purlieu |ˈpəːljuː | ▶noun ( pl. purlieus or purlieux ) 1 ( purlieus ) the area near or surrounding a place: the photogenic purlieus of Cambridge. • a person's usual haunts. 2 Brit. historical a tract on the border of a forest, especially one earlier included in it and still partly subject to forest laws. ORIGIN late 15th cent. (denoting a tract on the border of a forest ): probably an alteration (suggested by French lieu ‘place ’) of Anglo-Norman French puralee ‘a going round to settle the boundaries ’.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
purlieu
pur lieu /pə́ː r l j uː /名詞 1 C 行きつけの場所 ; 縄張り .2 ｟文 ｠〖～s 〗近隣, 郊外 .
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