easting down

noun

, Nautical.

1. the passage eastward from the Cape of Good Hope, as made by a sailing ship bound for Australia or the East Indies.
2. the passage eastward from Australia, as made by a sailing ship bound for Cape Horn.

Example Sentences

Then came the day, when, steering east by south, they started to “run their easting down.”

From Project Gutenberg

It was intensely monotonous and the adventurous spells were only occasional, like the time we ran the easting down the Horn.

From Project Gutenberg