The Collaborative International Dictionary
Northing \North"ing\, n.
(Surv. & Navigation) Distance northward from any point of departure or of reckoning, measured on a meridian; -- opposed to southing.
(Astron.) The distance of any heavenly body from the equator northward; north declination.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context cartography English) The distance north of a standard reference latitude. 2 (context nautical English) A distance traveled northward.
Usage examples of "northing".
Short-short-short and the deck crew broke out the long sweeps to spider-walk the ship out into open water, six strokes and the poles were run inboard and the northing wind caught at the jibsails, luffing, thunder-cracks of rippling canvas.
The location grid was calibrated in standard units for easting and northing, with the superimposed vernier scale throwing everything out of focus except the correct reading.