Definition of "bearings" []

• Plural form of bearing. (noun)

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• "First of all people, the word bearings is very much unrelated to age!"
• "No he didn't ... he meant exactly what the word "bearings" is defined as: direction or position relative to a fixed point."
• "The latitude and longitude are mine, and the bearings from the oak ribs on the shoal to Lion's Head, and the cross-bearings from the points unnamable, I only know."