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

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)

Loosening this belt a little, as I tucked my toes tenaciously under the endmost bar, I undid and passed the two ends under one of the middle bars, fastening the clasp upon the other side.

From Dead Men Tell No Tales by Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)

The Bahelia has several long shafts of bamboos called nāl or nār, which are tied together like a fishing rod, the endmost one being covered with bird-lime.

From The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala by Russell, R. V. (Robert Vane)

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)

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