PICNIC

n. v.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

Formerly, an entertainment at which each person contributed some dish to a common table; now, an excursion or pleasure party in which the members partake of a collation or repast (usually in the open air, and from food carried by themselves).

2.
v.

To go on a picnic, or pleasure excursion; to eat in public fashion.