| 释义 |
ˈout-ˌsettlement
[out- 1.]
An outlying or remote settlement.
1747Boston News-Letter 16 July 2/1 Hendrick, the Indian who went out..to annoy the French in their Out-Settlements at Canada, with thirty odd Indians. 1761Nova Scotia Archives (1869) 490 The troops..will be scarce sufficient for the protection of the Out Settlements. 1828P. Cunningham N.S. Wales (ed. 3) II. 310 A felon working out a sentence in a penal gang at one of our out-settlements. |