eastmost
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of eastmost
1275–1325; Middle English estmest, Old English ēastmest. See east, -most
Example Sentences
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The westmost end of the Aleutians is only 660 miles from Japan's eastmost naval base, Horomushiro, while Yokohama is 3,400 miles from fortified Honolulu.
From Time Magazine Archive
An' even forrit he keepit the road, Nor lookin' to either side, But heidin' straucht for the eastmost hoose Whaur an auld wife used to bide.
From The Auld Doctor and other Poems and Songs in Scots by David Rorie
It will be noticed how the cable moulding above the arches passes round some of the western vaulting shafts, and is cut away for those at the eastmost end of the nave.
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Gloucester [2nd ed.] A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See by H. J. L. J. (Henri Jean Louis Joseph) Massé
The torrent which discharges itself from Loch Vennachar, the lowest and eastmost of the three lakes which form the scenery adjoining to the Trosachs, sweeps through a flat and extensive moor, called Bochastle.
From The Lady of the Lake by Sir Walter Scott
Then come the other three main arms, Kychistach, Trofimov, and Kischlach, and finally the very broad eastmost arm, Bychov.
From The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II by Alexander Leslie
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