offscape
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- offskip [18th–19th c.]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
offscape (plural offscapes)
- (now rare) The distant part of a view, garden etc.; the background. [from 18th c.]
- 1794 September, Hester Lynch Piozzi, Thraliana:
- The Snowdonia rises with vast Dignity in the Offskip, while a blue Expanse of Ocean leads the Eye on our right hand to immeasurable Distance.