offscape

English

Alternative forms

offskip [18th–19th c.]

Etymology

From off- +‎ -scape.

Noun

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.

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