westing

/wes-ting/US // ˈwɛs tɪŋ //UK // (ˈwɛstɪŋ) //

西宁,韦斯特,韦斯特林,西宁市

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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

In order to move the mountain of flesh a Westing purchase and a "handy-billy" (rope and block purchase) had to be rigged.
The following wind had been probably slightly east of south-east and too much westing had been made.
She was making westing, and the Olympian Bluenose aft was driving his wind-harried steed up into fairer and warmer latitudes.
We are somewhere off Cork, and when he makes a few miles more westing, he will bear away south.
The westing we were making brought us among people who are frequently visited by the Mambari as slave-dealers.