What is "the borders"

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.]

1. 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.

2. A boundary; a frontier of a state or of the settled part of a country; a frontier district.

3. A strip or stripe arranged along or near the edge of something, as an ornament or finish.

4. 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.