the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > [adjective] > forming an edge or border (4)
That borders, forms a border, or encloses.
That skirts, in senses of the verb.
poetic. That forms an edge or border; bordering. Obsolete. rare.
That fringes. fringing forest: see quot. 1926; fringing reef: see quot. 1878.