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.
Wikipedia
Over The Border is a lost American film released by Paramount Pictures in 1922. It stars Betty Compson and Tom Moore in a story about "love and thrills beneath the Northern Lights". It was adapted from "She of the Triple Chevron" by Sir Gilbert Parker.
Over the Border , also known as South of the Border, is a 2006 South Korean melodrama film. It is Ahn Pan-seok's feature film directorial debut.
Usage examples of "over the border".
For Koris to go whirling over the border now with such a force as he could gather in a hurry was the worst stupidity Simon knew.
And if people making a business of greed or lust sometimes stepped over the border of legality, Dellray was pleased to track them down—.
There are certain people just over the border there who also do not like strangers.
A high-flying aircraft tracing over the border with a side-looking camera could see far into his country and take thousands of useful, pretty pictures, and the Chinese probably had a goodly collection of such pictures, plus whatever they could get from their own satellites, or from the commercial birds that anyone could employ now for money&mdash.
Has dealing with the mages from over the border so set you up in your own estimation?
I pressed over the border, and excitement returning, saw farms and crofts, houses and other buildings collected together into villages and towns and all appeared to be thriving.