east-west

English

Adjective

east-west (not comparable)

1. Extending on an axis from east to west.
   • 1960 December, “New G.E. Line diesel loco maintenance depot at Stratford”, in Trains Illustrated, page 766:

     One end of the east-west building is wet, the other windy, and at present there is smoke abounding, too; but these distressing yard elements can be completely excluded at each end by full-width folding doors [...].

Related terms

• north-south

References

• “east-west”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.