purlieu
n . 森林边缘地,常去的地方,范围,界限
森林边缘地,常去的地方,范围,界限
purlieu n 1 :
an outer adjacent area of any place [
synonym : {
environs },
{
purlieu }]
Purlieu \
Pur "
lieu \,
n . [
Corrupted (
by influence of lieu place )
fr .
OF .
pural ['
e ]
e ,
poral ['
e ]
e (
equiv .
to LL .
perambulatio a survey of boundaries ,
originally ,
a going through );
por (
L .
pro ,
confused ,
however ,
with L .
per through )
al ['
e ]
e .
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 .
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Then as a tiger ,
who by chance hath spied In some purlieu two gentle fawns at play . --
Milton .
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2 .
Hence ,
the outer portion of any place ;
an adjacent district ;
environs ;
neighborhood . "
The purlieus of St .
James ."
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brokers had been incessantly plying for custom in the purlieus of the court . --
Macaulay .
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Purlin 83 Moby Thesaurus words for "
purlieu ":
agora ,
amphitheater ,
arena ,
athletic field ,
auditorium ,
background ,
baths ,
bear garden ,
boundary ,
bounds ,
bowl ,
boxing ring ,
bull ring ,
campus ,
canvas ,
casino ,
circus ,
club ,
clubhouse ,
cockpit ,
coliseum ,
colosseum ,
compass ,
confines ,
course ,
field ,
floor ,
forum ,
gambling house ,
gathering place ,
ground ,
gym ,
gymnasium ,
hall ,
hangout ,
haunt ,
health resort ,
hippodrome ,
limits ,
lists ,
locale ,
marketplace ,
mat ,
meeting place ,
milieu ,
open forum ,
outskirts ,
palaestra ,
parade ground ,
pit ,
place ,
platform ,
precinct ,
precincts ,
prize ring ,
public square ,
rallying point ,
range ,
rendezvous ,
resort ,
ring ,
scene ,
scene of action ,
scenery ,
setting ,
site ,
spa ,
sphere ,
springs ,
squared circle ,
stadium ,
stage ,
stage set ,
stage setting ,
stamping ground ,
suburbs ,
terrain ,
theater ,
tilting ground ,
tiltyard ,
walk ,
watering place ,
wrestling ring PURLIEU ,
Eng .
law .
A space of land near a forest ,
known by certain boundaries ,
which was formerly part of a forest ,
but which has been separated from it .
2 .
The history of purlieus is this .
Henry III .,
on taking possession of the throne ,
manifested so great a taste for forests that he enlarged the old ones wherever he could ,
and by this means enclosed many estates ,
which had no outlet to the public roads ,
and things increased in this way until the reign of King John ,
when the public reclamations were so great that much of this land was disforested ;
that is ,
no longer had the privileges of the forests ,
and the land thus separated bore the name of purlieu .
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