1.NounNortheastern New England (particularly the easternmost section of the U.S. state of Maine) and Canada's Maritime provinces (sometimes including the Gaspé Peninsula and Newfoundland), an area that corresponds to the historical French territory of Acadia.
2.AdjectiveOf the Maritimes, Maine or adjoining parts.
"Down East fiddling"
3.AdverbIn or into the Maritimes, Maine or adjoining parts.