Read the dictionary definition of hastings. All definitions for this word.
1. 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
2. a town in East Sussex just to the south of the place where the battle of Hastings took place
3. United States architect who formed and important architectural firm with John Merven Carrere (1860-1929)