I. ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun
Etymology: out (III) + skirt
: a part remote from the center : border , fringe
a very thinly settled outskirt — Edith Wharton
— usually used in plural
showed that our sun was not the center of our galaxy but out toward its outskirts — B.J.Bok
the outskirts of the city
the outskirts of consciousness
II. (ˈ) ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ transitive verb
1. : border
2. : to pass along the border of
outskirted the lawn