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lay-out Chiefly U.S.|ˈleɪaʊt|
[See lay out, lay v.1 56.]
1. a. The laying out, planning, or disposition of land, streets, etc.; also, the land so laid out. Also, the plan or disposition of a house, factory, garden, etc. Also fig. and transf.
1852San Diego Herald 10 Jan. 2/1 The new ‘lay out’, at the Wholesale Commission Warehouse and store..on California street, proves quite attractive. 1888Harper's Mag. July 285/1 Although the conception of its lay-out dates back nearly half a century, the tree planting that has added so much to Washington was begun only in 1872. 1895Forum (N.Y.) Sept. 80 In the lay-out and construction of a very considerable part of the railway service of this country. 1898C. O. Parmenter Hist. Pelham, Mass. 158 A portion of the town is south of the original layout. 1900I. P. Roberts (title) The Farmstead, the Making of the Rural Home, and the Lay-out of the Farm. 1903Kipling Five Nations 212 The day's lay-out—the mornin' sun Beneath your 'at-brim as you sight; The dinner-'ush from noon till one, And the full roar that lasts till night. 1905W. Robinson Eng. Flower Garden (ed. 9) i. ii. 15 In many books on garden design the authors misuse words... One..writes ‘lay-out’ for ‘plan’. 1923Radio Times 28 Sept. 28 (Advt.), The lay-out [of a radio set] is neat and compact; the cabinet work distinctive. 1930Oxford Times 14 Mar. 13 A new ‘lay-out’ plan from the builders was before the meeting. 1931H. G. Wells Work, Wealth & Happiness of Mankind (1932) 2 Almost all our political and administrative boundaries, the ‘layout’ of the human population, have become..misfits. 1937Discovery Feb. 47/2 In the planning of new factories.., the engineer and the industrial psychologist should..ensure that, both in the general lay-out and in the smallest details, due regard is paid to the view-point of the men who will actually be doing the work. 1937D. Runyon More than Somewhat i. 7, I go to see Mr. Tuesday at a Fifth Avenue hotel where he makes his home, and where he has a very swell layout of rooms. 1939[see ferry n.1 3 e]. 1941W. S. Churchill Secret Session Speeches (1946) 37, I am satisfied that up to the present a good lay-out of our available forces has been made. 1943J. B. Priestley Daylight on Saturday xxv. 195 Both of 'em are up against a pretty tough problem on floor space and general lay-out. 1946R.A.F. Jrnl. May 179 A layout was begun for a new medium bomber to replace the Hampden. 1960Observer 24 Jan. 5/2 How they broke in in the first place depended on the layout. It could be through a lavatory window or by tunnelling laboriously from next door. 1962Which? Car Suppl. Oct. 129/1 The pedal control layouts on the Peugeot 403B..were generally liked. 1964McCall's Sewing ii. 30/1 Layout, the way the pattern pieces are placed on the fabric for cutting. 1974J. Wainwright Hard Hit 131 The house—this ‘Diasc Farm’ place— tell me about it. The layout. The approach. The grounds.
b. Typographical specifications or rough designs for a piece of printing; in extended use, the design details of a cartoon film. Also attrib.
1910Brit. Printer Feb.–Mar. p. lxv (Advt.), The Printer will be enabled to submit to his customer both original and artistic lay-outs. 1910E. G. Gress Art & Pract. Typogr. 35/1 Every printshop should have a ‘layout’ man. 1913Technical World XIX. 464 And the strange part of it is that from two to five good news picture layouts are made daily and enlarged in this small room. 1933Planning I. vii. 2 A few years ago individualism in advertising would have rejected without hesitation the discipline of lay-out and design which has been accepted with such good effect this time. 1946A. Monkman in H. Whetton Pract. Printing & Binding vii. 81/1 It is necessary also for the layout man to be expert in copying the numerous type faces. This is not so very important if the layout is for the compositor, because all he requires for his work is the general plan, indicating type sizes and faces and allocations of white space; but when the layout is for the client, markings showing type sizes and other particulars are not necessary. The sketch should be a clear indication of the appearance of the finished job. 1948H. Missingham Student's Guide Commercial Art ii. 157 To see a first-class ‘visualizer’ romp through one with a flat⁓leaded layout pencil is a sight to stir the blood. 1955M. Reifer Dict. New Words 119/2 Layout,..2. Cartoon Animation... The combined elements of the animation procedure which prescribe the relationship of characters and backgrounds to define a scene and its properties. 1958Clarendonian XII. 198 Throughout his service at the Press he has shown great interest in the Layout Department and has been responsible for the design of many Oxford books. 1959Halas & Manvell Technique Film Animation iii. 215 He [sc. the director] works closely with the lay-out artist, who in most studios is also the designer. 1967Karch & Buber Offset Processes iii. 46 The layout man usually receives the reading matter in typewritten form, along with glossy photographs, line drawings or other artwork. 1968J. R. Biggs Basic Typogr. 122/2 The lay⁓out which goes to the printer with the typographic instructions ‘marked up’..should be quite accurate with nothing left to chance.
2. a. Something laid or spread out; a display; a ‘spread’; the tools or apparatus pertaining to some occupation, etc.; spec. (U.S. slang.) the equipment used for smoking opium.
1869A. K. McClure Rocky Mts. 219 His [sc. a miner's] necessities are appreciated by the other owners, who get up a most expensive ‘lay-out’ for him. 1882H. H. Kane Opium-Smoking iii. 32 (heading) Description of the ‘lay-out’, pipe, etc. 1887in Amer. Speech (1948) XXIII. 247 A person that had a private layout in his room. 1891H. Campbell Darkness & Daylight (1895) xxviii. 565 A small room at the rear of the temple contained an opium ‘lay-out’ for two persons. Ibid., In the center of the platform was a tray which contained the smoker's ‘lay-out’. 1898Mark Twain in Cosmopolitan 12 Aug. 426 Of all the barbarous layouts that were ever contrived this was the most atrocious. 1946Mezzrow & Wolfe Really Blues (1957) 376 Layout, set of instruments used to smoke opium.
b. A scheme, plan, or arrangement; a course of action. orig. and chiefly U.S.
1867in Amer. Speech (1942) XVII. 71/1 A ‘lay-out’ is any proposed enterprise, from organizing a State to digging out a prairie-dog. 1901S. E. White Westerners xxxi. 292 ‘I'm sorry that I have this to do, Billy,’ said Lafond. ‘I don't want to. It's none of my lay-out.’ 1904W. H. Smith Promoters ii. 53 There isn't a single move in this whole lay-out that we can't justify by history. 1928Sat. Even. Post 4 Feb. 81/3 Here's the layout. The bonds bear 6 per cent. 1945Baker Austral. Lang. vii. 142 Layout, setup, a trickster's plan of action.
c. A number of persons associated in some way; a set, party, gang (of persons); a family. (Often in a depreciatory sense.) U.S. colloq. or dial.
1869Overland Monthly III. 128 Several persons in our ‘lay-out’ (i.e., our company) in New Mexico ‘swapped’ good American horses for mustangs. 1884‘C. E. Craddock’ In Tennessee Mts. iii. 143 All them Peels, the whole lay-out, war gone down to the Settlement. 1903A. Adams Log of Cowboy vii. 47 Surround this layout, lads, and let's examine them more closely. 1904W. N. Harben Georgians 203 I'm a-goin' to close in on that Clegg lay-out to-night, an' locate the'r still. 1927W. Rogers in C. M. Russell Trails plowed Under p. xiii, I tell you they was a pretty sad lookin outfit. They sho was a lonesome layout.
3. Cards. In Faro: see quot.
1889in Century Dict. 1894Maskelyne Sharps & Flats 189 The layout. The designation of this adjunct to the game is derived from the fact that it forms that part of the table upon which the players ‘lay out’ their stakes. Usually it is a green cloth, having painted upon it a representation of the thirteen cards of one suit.
4. ‘The space occupied or fished over by a haul-seine’ (Cent. Dict.).
5. attrib. in lay-out line, ‘a long line buoyed at each end, from which baited hook-lines run into deep water’ (Cent. Dict.). |