lu, ˈpɜrl noun
1.
purlieus, environs or neighborhood.
2.
a place where one may range at large; confines or bounds.
3.
a person's haunt or resort.
4.
an outlying district or region, as of a town or city.
5.
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.
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| —n | |
| 1. | 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 |
| 2. | (usually plural) a neighbouring area; outskirts |
| 3. | (often plural) a place one frequents; haunt |
| 4. | rare a district or suburb, esp one that is poor or squalid |
| [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] | |
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