See Also: westing(dictionary)

westing (iou)



westing noun. E17.
[from WEST adverb or verb + -ING1.]
Chiefly Nautical. Distance travelled or measured westward. E17.
b. Cartography. Distance westward from a point of origin; a unit of measurement used to calculate this (usu. in pl.). Also, a line of longitude west of a given meridian. M18.
The fact of a wind's blowing from or shifting to the west. M19.