The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Outskirt \Out"skirt`\, n. A part remote from the center, and near the outer edge; border; -- usually in the plural; as, the outskirts of a town. --Wordsworth. [1913 Webster] The outskirts of his march of mystery. --Keble. [1913 Webster]WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
outskirt n 1: a part of the city far removed from the center; "they built a factory on the outskirts of the city" [syn: outskirt, fringe]