'Ponent' definitions:

Definition of 'Ponent'

From: GCIDE
  • Ponent \Po"nent\, a. [OF., fr. It. ponente, properly, setting (applied to the setting sun), fr. L. ponens, p. pr. of ponere to set, put.] Western; occidental. [R.] [1913 Webster]
  • Forth rush the levant and the ponent winds. --Milton. [1913 Webster]