endmost

American  

[end-mohst] / ˈɛndˌmoʊst /

adjective

1. farthest; most distant; last.

   the endmost lands of the earth.

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endmost British  

/ ˈɛndˌməʊst /

adjective

1. nearest the end; most distant

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Etymology

Origin of endmost

First recorded in 1765–75; end ¹ + -most

Example Sentences

The scientific manager suddenly ceased his writing, walked down the shed to the endmost of the dynamos, and began to examine the brushes.

From The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

In the evening the endmost land lay North by east of us at about 7 miles' distance.

From The Part Borne by the Dutch in the Discovery of Australia 1606-1765 by Heeres, J. E. (Jan Ernst)

There was a woman sitting in the endmost chair just across the aisle in line with them.

From Pointed Roofs Pilgrimage, Volume 1 by Richardson, Dorothy Miller

On the east border of the garden was a row of poplars, and from the window I could see the naked branches of the endmost.

From Sacred and Profane Love by Bennett, Arnold

Across the clayey soil, now almost knee-deep in mud, the daring trio literally floundered, their immediate objective being the endmost of a line of tall trees at a distance of fifty yards from the cross-roads.

From Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)