[out-skurt] 
| 1. | Often, outskirts. the outlying district or region, as of a city, metropolitan area, or the like: to live on the outskirts of town; a sparsely populated outskirt. |
| 2. | Usually, outskirts. the border or fringes of a specified quality, condition, or the like: the outskirts of respectability. |
| out·skirt (out'skûrt') n. The part or region remote from a central district, as of a city or town. Often used in the plural: on the outskirts of Paris. |
