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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. [ 1913 Webster] Then as a tiger, who by chance hath spied In some purlieu two gentle fawns at play. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Hence, the outer portion of any place; an adjacent district; environs; neighborhood. " The purlieus of St. James." [ 1913 Webster] brokers had been incessantly plying for custom in the purlieus of the court. -- Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster] Purlin83 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 ringPURLIEU, 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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