purlieu

Meaning

Noun

• The ground on the edges of a forest, especially when partly subject to the same forest laws concerning game hunting etc.
• The outskirts of any place; an adjacent district; the environs or neighborhood.

Origin

• From Middle English purlewe, modification under the influence of Old French lieu of porale, purale, from Old French porale, from poraler, from por- (from Latin prō- + aler, aller.