单词 | outshifts |
释义 | † outshiftsn. Obsolete (English regional in later use). In plural. The outskirts of a town. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town or city > part of town or city > [noun] > suburb > collectively suburbc1350 suburbans?c1400 suburblec1540 outshifts1592 skirts1616 environsc1660 outpart1722 outlets1762 suburbia1870 'burb1977 1592 T. Nashe Pierce Penilesse (Brit. Libr. copy) sig. G2 v In backe lanes, and the out-shiftes of the Citie. 1594 T. Nashe Terrors of Night E j b Not in the heart of the Cittie..but in the skirts and out-shifts. a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) (at cited word) He lives somewhere in the outshifts of the town. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1592 |
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