Definition of "easting" [east•ing]

• The difference in longitude between two positions as a result of movement to the east. (noun)
• Progress toward the east. (noun)

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• "I had now made eighty degrees easting, which is the distance from the main at which Pepys 'Island is placed in"
• "Gale follows gale, always from the west, and we make easting."
• "And each time the eternal west wind smote him back and he made easting."