[pur-loo, purl-yoo] 
| 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. |
| pur·lieu (pûrl'yōō, pûr'lōō) n.
[Middle English purlewe, piece of land on the edge of a forest, probably alteration (influenced by Old French lieu, place) of porale, purale, royal perambulation, from Old French porale, from poraler, to traverse : por-, forth (from Latin prō-; see pro-1) + aler, aller, to go; see alley1.] |
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