adjectiveOf, facing, situated in, or related to the west.

adjective(of a wind) Blowing from the west; westerly.

nounA film, or some other dramatic work, set in, the historic (c. 1850-1910) American West (west of the Mississippi river) focusing on conflict between whites and Indians, lawmen and outlaws, ranchers and farmers, or industry (railroads, mining) and agriculture.