Crossword clues for westing
westing
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Westing \West"ing\, n. (Naut. & Surv.) The distance, reckoned toward the west, between the two meridians passing through the extremities of a course, or portion of a ship's path; the departure of a course which lies to the west of north.
Wiktionary
n. 1 A distance west of a datum line on a map or chart 2 (context nautical English) A distance travelled westward
Wikipedia
Westing (By Musket and Sextant) is a compilation of the early EPs and singles by the band Pavement. It features all the tracks from their first three EPs, Slay Tracks (1933-1969), Demolition Plot J-7, and Perfect Sound Forever, as well as the single mix of " Summer Babe," its B-sides, and two compilation tracks.
Usage examples of "westing".
Ordinarily this lavatorial dereliction would have caught Captain Cullen's eye and vocabulary, but in the present his mind was filled with making westing, to the exclusion of all other things not contributory thereto.
Two round-trips in the first year, drop down to the Canaries and across, then down the trades, and allowing for a hard time around the Horn three trips if you had good luck running your westing down.
During their weeks of almost mortally tedious westing across the Duchy of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel, the Duchy of Braunschweig-Lüneburg, the Bishopric of Hildesheim, Duchy of Kalenberg, Landgraviate of something-or-other, County of Lippe, County of Ravensburg, Bishopric of Osnabrück, County of Lingen, Bishopric of Münster, and County of Bentheim, she had mostly gone in man’s attire, booted, sworded, and spurred.
John's skilful navigation she made good her westings before attempting to cross the belt of the doldrums at their narrowest point.