Done, situated, or used out of doors or at a distance from somewhere.
the out-by land was used for summer grazing
Example sentencesExamples
- The out-by farms have lovely names.
- The out-bye land is higher, harsher, of difficult topography, and generally less productive.
- Sometimes the out-bye men came down to prowl the houses.
- There is little difference between their method and that of our own women spinners in the ‘out-by’ farms.
- His job was to patrol the out-bye areas and check conditions to make sure everything was safe.