setout

[set-out]

noun

Informal.

1. preparations, especially for beginning a journey.

2. start or outset.

3. things set or laid out for use or display, as food on a table.

4. getup or outfit.

5. an entertaining event.

Word History and Origins

Origin of setout¹

First recorded in 1800–10; noun use of verb phrase set out

Example Sentences

“I haven’t a single finger bowl, but this is a setout that will last me all my days, Hannah says.”

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A hot Labor Day weekend in the summer of 1959, and four friends setout on an expedition to find the body of a missing boy.

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Andrè and Julienne had long loved each other, and congeniality of disposition, parity of years, and health and strength, as well as a tolerably comfortable setout in the world, seemed to promise for them many years of happiness.

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"I haven't a single finger bowl, but this is a setout that will last me all my days, Hannah says."

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As soon as the victims proved favourable they all setout, the Arcadians following with the rest.

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