An outfit.
1867. One of our officers dined with me to-day, and complained that their mess was an ‘awfully poor lay-out.’—Letter of Gen. Custer, April 8: Mrs. Custer, ‘Tenting on the Plains,’ p. 529 (1888).
1869. They get up a most expensive “lay-out” for him.—A. K. McClure, ‘Rocky Mountains,’ p. 219. (N.E.D.)
