hastings

noun[usually plural]1

1. •
   (old-fashioned) Early fruit or vegetables, especially peas.

   • The large white and green Hastings are tender , and not to be set till the cold is over , and then not very thick , for they spread much and mount high , and therefore require the help of tall Sticks — 1707

noun1

1. •
   A river in New South Wales, which flows into the Tasman Sea at Port Macquarie; named after Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings; in full, the Hastings River.