outskirts

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   outlying areas of a city or town

   They lived on the outskirts of Houston.

2. 2
   noun

   The area surrounding a city or town; suburb.

   He lived on the outskirts of Paris for a time.

3. 3
   noun

   plural of outskirt

4. 4
   verb

   third-person singular simple present indicative of outskirt

Etymology

From out- + skirts.