outlet, utlete

[A. S. útlætan =to let out; út =out, and lætan =to let.J 1. A pa age outward; a place or opening by which anything is let out, escapes, or discharges; a vent; a means of egre . "Fine harbors commanding all the great western out . lets of the English trade."- Macaulay : Hist. Eng., ch. xii, 2. A lawn or shrubbery adjoining a house with a walk or pa age through it to the highway. ( Prov .) out-let', v. t . [OUTLET, s.] To let out; to emit. out-lick-er, s. [For out ligger outlier (q.v.); Dut. uitlegger ; Sw. utleggare ; Dan. útlägger.] Naut .: A small piece of timber fastened to the top of the poop, and standing out astern.