out-placen.
/ˈaʊtpleɪs/, U.S. /ˈaʊtˌpleɪs/ Now chiefly North American.
An out-of-the-way place; an outlying or remote spot.
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the world > space > distance > distance or farness > [noun] > distant parts > a remote or inaccessible place
out-place1530
inaccessibilities1651
inaccessible1792
the back of beyond1816
hardscrabble1821
the back of Godspeed1827
out-of-the-way1971
society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > retirement or seclusion > secluded place or place of seclusion > [noun] > out-of-the-way place
out-corner1530
out-place1530
by-corner1567
by-place1580
out-nook1605
by-part1707
by-nook1862
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 250/2 Outplace, a corner out of the way, destour.
1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 336v In the hyghe mountaynes or other superficiall owt places.
1584 B. Rich Don Simonides II. 42 She brought hym into a solitarie out place of this desolate Caue.
1616 G. Chapman Odysses of Homer in Whole Wks. Homer v. 85 So this out-place, Vlysses thus receiues.
?1690 Vindic. New Eng. in Andros Tracts (1869) II. 51 Some out-places began to Fortify and Garrison their houses.
1726 J. Barker Lining of Patch-work Screen 86 The Gang strolled about the Hedges and Out-places, to try what they could pilfer.
1838 F. Owen Diary 8 Jan. (1926) 94 Most of the inhabitants were absent at the out places or villages.
1911 Chambers's Jrnl. Apr. 221/1 It is this longing..that sends the sportsman into the out-places.
1956 W. R. Bird Off-trail in Nova Scotia vi. 176 But that reminds me of my scrap book. You know we in these out places keep such things.
1965 B. Kaufman Hollywood in Solitudes crowded with Loneliness 25 San Francisco poets looking for an out place.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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