Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—L

Lay Out

(To). (a) To disburse: Il dépensa de grandes sommes d'argent. (b To display goods Mettre des marchandises en montre. To place in convenient order what is required for wear: Préparer ses beaux habits. (c To prepare a corpse for the coffin, by placing the limbs in order, and dressing the body in its grave-clothes.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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