Definition of "Hastings" :

noun: 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

noun: a town in East Sussex just to the south of the place where the battle of Hastings took place

noun: United States architect who formed and important architectural firm with John Merven Carrere (1860-1929)