- 1. n. 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. Source: opted
- 2. n. Hence, the outer portion of any place; an adjacent district; environs; neighborhood. Source: opted
- 3. n. an outer adjacent area of any place Source: wordnet
- 4. 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. Source: webster
- 5. In root construction, a horizontal member supported on theprincipals and supporting the common rafters. Source: adambom
- 6. n an outer adjacent area of any place Source: ecdict
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