n. /owt"land'/ ; adj. /owt"land', -leuhnd/ , n.
1. Usually, outlands . the outlying districts or remote regions of a country; provinces: a name unknown in the outlands.
2. (formerly) the outlying land of a feudal estate, usually granted to tenants.
3. a foreign land.
adj.
4. outlying, as districts.
5. foreign.
[ bef. 950; ME; OE utland. See OUT-, LAND ]