DCHP-1 Online
banlieu [< F] Obs. 
n. the suburbs or outskirts of a town; city limits.
- 1796 All that part of it . . . from the Fortifications of the Upper Town to the extreme boundaries of the Banlieue . . . form . . . St. John's ward.
- 1800 . . . when he gets drunk at any brandy-shop or tavern within the banlieus . . . the same disagreeable effects are produced.
- 1817 All hay and straw sold or delivered within the city and Banlieue of Montreal, shall be weighed . . . at the requisition of either the buyer or seller.
- 1796 All that part of it . . . from the Fortifications of the Upper Town to the extreme boundaries of the Banlieue . . . form . . . St. John's ward.