Hypertext Webster Gateway: "outing"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Outing \Out"ing\, n.
1. The act of going out; an airing; an excursion; as, a
summer outing.
2. A feast given by an apprentice when he is out of his time.
[Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
outing
n 1: a journey taken for pleasure; "many summer excursions to the
shore"; "it was merely a pleasure trip"; "after cautious
sashays into the field" [syn: {excursion}, {jaunt}, {junket},
{pleasure trip}, {expedition}, {sashay}]
2: a day devoted to an outdoor social gathering [syn: {field
day}, {picnic}]
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