westering

American  

[wes-ter-ing] / ˈwɛs tər ɪŋ /

adjective

1. moving or shifting toward the west.

   the westering sun; a westering wind.

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westering British  

/ ˈwɛstərɪŋ /

adjective

1. poetic  moving towards the west

   the westering star

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Etymology

Origin of westering

late Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425; wester ², -ing ²

Example Sentences

It covers the period from 1836, when Presbyterian missionaries Narcissa Whitman and Eliza Spaulding, the first “westering” women, set out with their husbands for Oregon country, to 1890, when the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times

“Maybe it’s the classic American westering – keep moving west, keep moving west. This is as far as it goes. This is the edge.”

From The Guardian

The heat haze partly obscures distant vistas of Dartmoor and the Tamar/Tavy estuary, but we have a bird’s eye view south towards familiar landmarks – Viverdon Down, Sentry Hill wood, the curving hedges of medieval fields near Metherell, the wooded cleft of Cleave and St Dominic church tower, now side-lit by the westering sun.

From The Guardian

If you add them, you have to consider Frosty Westering’s legacy at PLU also.

From Seattle Times

The westering sun penciled the furrows of the red hills.

From New York Times