| n. pl. | 1. | Early fruit or vegetables; especially, early pease. |
| Noun | 1. | Hastings - United States architect who formed and important architectural firm with John Merven Carrere (1860-1929) Synonyms: Thomas Hastings |
| 2. | Hastings - a town in East Sussex just south of the place where the Battle of Hastings took place | |
| 3. | Hastings - the decisive battle in which William the Conqueror (duke of Normandy) defeated the Saxons under Harold II (1066) and thus left England open for the Norman Conquest Synonyms: battle of Hastings |