Confines meaning
Within the confines of one county.
Wanted to escape the confines of corporate politics.
A theory that is well within the confines of science.
Origin of confines
- Old French confins boundaries from Latin cōnfīnia pl. of cōnfīnium boundary from cōnfīnis adjoining com- com- fīnis border
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition