offscape, offskip Now rare or Obs.
(ˈɒfskeɪp, ɔː-, ˈɒfskɪp, ɔː-)
[f. off- 3 + -scape, taken, in the sense of ‘view, scene’, from landscape: cf. sea-scape.]
A distant view or prospect; the distant part of a view or prospect, the distance, background.
| 1711 Brit. Apollo III. No. 133. 4/2 A Perspective View of Portsmouth..with an Off-scape of the Sea. 1752 Avison Mus. Express. 26 In Painting there are three various Degrees of Distances established, viz. the Fore-Ground, the intermediate Part, and the Off-skip. 1774 T. West Antiq. Furness (1822) 19 On a fine day the offscape at Hawcoat is circular and takes in the whole extent of the isle of Man, the isle of Anglesey, the Mountains of..North Wales, &c. 1820–2 W. H. Pyne Wine & Walnuts (1824) I. iv. 33 Her study..commanding an off-skip, bird's-eye view all along St. George's Fields. 1838 James Robber i, The first slopes of the offscape appeared. |