westering

English

Etymology

From wester +‎ -ing.

Adjective

westering (not comparable)

  1. (especially of heavenly bodies, particularly the sun) Moving westward, near the west.
    • 1927, H. P. Lovecraft, The Very Old Folk:
      The hills rose scarlet and gold to the north of the little town, and the westering sun shone ruddily and mystically on the crude new stone and plaster buildings of the dusty forum and the wooden walls of the circus some distance to the east.

Verb

westering

  1. present participle and gerund of wester

Noun

westering (plural westerings)

  1. A movement to the west.
    • 1872, Benjamin Street, The Restoration of Paths to Dwell in, page 366:
      […] the Passover sacrifice had to be offered between the two evenings, or westerings of the sun.
    • 2010, William A. Owens, Three Friends: Roy Bedichek, J. Frank Dobie, Walter Prescott Webb, page 20:
      The "westerings" of their families are part of the frontier saga, different in detail but not in purpose. They all wanted land, better land from which to make a better living. For over a century the pioneer movement had flowed west, […]

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