outskirt

Etymology

out- + skirt

noun

1. A more remote part of a town or city; the periphery, environs; a suburb.
   Many people commute into the business district from the outskirts of town.
   I told her of my plan to take John into an urban outskirt area for the purpose of retrieving some vital technical manuals. 2010, J. L. Bourne, Beyond Exile: Day by Day Armageddon, page 37
   The outskirt communities were originally established as labor camps for railroad workers, farm and ranch hands. 1983, Our Barrios: Past, Present, and Future, page 20
   Hal Smith, manager of the Ferry Field theatre, Detroit, one of the largest and prettiest outskirt houses in town, played Metro's "Revelation" for three days last week 1917, Michigan Film Review, page 347

verb

1. (transitive) To surround as an outskirt.