noun

1. Historical an outlying part of a forest, exempted from forest laws and returned to private owners
2. a place that one visits often or habitually; haunt
3. 1. bounds; limits
   2. environs
4. an outlying part, as of a city

Etymology: altered (infl. by Fr lieu, place) < Anglo-Fr puralee < OFr puralée < puraler, to go through < pur-, por- (< L pro-, for, but used for per-, through) + aler, to go: see alley