Definitions for westings

westings west·ing

Spelling: [wes-ting]
IPA: /ˈwɛs tɪŋ/

Westings is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 219 anagrams from letters in westings (eginsstw).

Definitions for westings

noun

  1. Navigation. the distance due west made good on any course tending westward; westerly departure.
  2. Surveying. a distance west from a north-south reference line.

Origin of westings

First recorded in 1620-30; west + -ing1

Examples for westings

In order to move the mountain of flesh a westing purchase and a "handy-billy" (rope and block purchase) had to be rigged.

The westing we were making brought us among people who are frequently visited by the Mambari as slave-dealers.

Not alone were they nimble because of the westing, but a benignant sun was shining down and limbering their stiff bodies.

Likewise, if the ship is moving westward, an allowance must be made for the westing of the ship.

Since then, and up till noon, I had made 23.7 miles of westing.

But such a calculation does not take into consideration the easting or westing of the ship itself.

Well, this is running your westing down if anybody should ride up in a go-devil and ask you.

And when the sun's westing told us it was time to go home, we went down all the way talking.

The sun was westing; the shadows stretched among the evergreen oaks; the outer air was sweet.

Word Value for westings
Scrable

11

Words with friends

13

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