The Collaborative International Dictionary
laying out
Floating \Float"ing\, n.
(Weaving) Floating threads. See Floating threads, above.
The second coat of three-coat plastering.
--Knight.The process of rendering oysters and scallops plump by placing them in fresh or brackish water; -- called also fattening, plumping, and laying out.
Wiktionary
laying out
vb. (present participle of lay out English)