The Collaborative International Dictionary
Border \Bor"der\, n. [OE. bordure, F. bordure, fr. border to border, fr. bord a border; of German origin; cf. MHG. borte border, trimming, G. borte trimming, ribbon; akin to E. board in sense 8. See Board, n., and cf. Bordure.]
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The outer part or edge of anything, as of a garment, a garden, etc.; margin; verge; brink.
Upon the borders of these solitudes.
--Bentham.In the borders of death.
--Barrow. A boundary; a frontier of a state or of the settled part of a country; a frontier district.
A strip or stripe arranged along or near the edge of something, as an ornament or finish.
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A narrow flower bed.
Border land, land on the frontiers of two adjoining countries; debatable land; -- often used figuratively; as, the border land of science.
The Border, The Borders, specifically, the frontier districts of Scotland and England which lie adjacent.
Over the border, across the boundary line or frontier.
Syn: Edge; verge; brink; margin; brim; rim; boundary; confine.
Usage examples of "border land".
And Henry, being the Customs officer more or less in temporary charge of the Shadow Wolves tracking unit and an old-timer in this desolate section of border land, probably knew what he was talking about.
This was of one of the mountain people who were very seldom seen as far south as the Border Land.
I've heard there are creatures made specifically to patrol this empty border land.
Perhaps they'd grant a few more acres because border land is so cheap.
Some wished to go and see, but this the train captain would not allow, as he knew well he was in dangerous country, for both train robbers and Indians were to be dreaded in that border land.
If he read the spidery Videssian writing aright, it represented the mountains of Vaspurakan, the border land whose passes offered tempting pathways between the Empire and Yezd.