Offing
Offing (of"ing; 115) , noun
[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.
Collocations (1)
in the offing , (a) coming; arriving in the foreseeable future. (b) visible but not nearby.