Definitions for: Offing


[n] the part of the sea that can be seen from the shore and is beyond the anchoring area; "there was a ship in the offing"
[n] the near or foreseeable future; "there was a wedding in the offing"



Webster (1913) Definition: Off"ing, n. [From Off.]
That part of the sea at a good distance from the shore, or
where there is deep water and no need of a pilot; also,
distance from the shore; as, the ship had ten miles offing;
we saw a ship in the offing.

See Also: body of water, briny, future, futurity, hereafter, main, time to come, water

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