overlook

What it means

1. A vista or point that gives a view down toward something else.

   Normally a visitor does not participate in one activity to the exclusion of others. One main activity, such as swimming, will be supplemented by other activities and use of other facilities, such as picnicking, hiking, stopping at an overlook, and so forth.

   1980, Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area (N.R.A.), General Management Plan

In a sentence

Normally a visitor does not participate in one activity to the exclusion of others. One main activity, such as swimming, will be supplemented by other activities and use of other facilities, such as picnicking, hiking, stopping at an overlook, and so forth.

1980, Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area (N.R.A.), General Management Plan

Where it comes from

1. Middle Englishoverloken
2. Englishoverlook

Inherited from Middle English overloken. From Middle English overloken; equivalent to over- + look.