I. ˈau̇tˌland, -_lənd, -ˌlaa(ə)nd noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ūtland, from ūt out + land — more at out , land
1. Old Eng & feudal law : the outlying land not kept in demesne but granted to tenants — compare inland
2. : a foreign land or region
the outlands were glutting Europe with novelties — H.B.Alexander
a vast natural buffer zone between her own centers of population and the vigorous pressure of the outland — Time
3. outlands plural : the outlying regions of a country : provinces
the man who brought stars to the outlands — R.L.Taylor
in the outlands, the Yankees had been strangers — Oscar Handlin
II. adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from outland, n.
1.
a. : of or relating to a foreign country or region
the chief outland interests of the Swedish people lay in their eastern colonies — F.M.Stenton
b. : belonging to a different region or group : alien
had taken up with an outland man — Maristan Chapman
2. : of, relating to, or characteristic of the outlying sections of a country : provincial
one who peregrinated the country for seasonal jobs and could fascinate children with outland tales — John Buchan
III. adverb
South : away from home
on my way outland — Emmett Gowen