offing (suomeksi)

Määritelmät:

(lb, en, nautical) The area of the sea in which a ship can be seen in the distance from land, excluding the parts nearest the shore, and beyond the anchoring ground.
(lb, en, nautical) The distance that a ship at sea keeps away from land, often because of navigational dangers, fog and other hazards; a position at a distance from shore.
(lb, en, figuratively) The foreseeable future. ''Chiefly in the phrase'' '''in the offing'''.