foreland
NounOpen English WordNet
Noun (2)
- a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)Synonyms: promontoryheadlandheadType of natural elevation, elevationKinds point, mullExamples Cape Sable Island, Cape Canaveral, Cape Horn, Jebel Musa, Cape Hatteras, Gibraltar
- land forming the forward margin of somethingType of land, dry land
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Fore′land′ noun
1. A promontory or cape; a headland; as, the North and South Foreland in Kent, England.
2. Fortification A piece of ground between the wall of a place and the moat. Farrow, Edward S.
3. Hydraul. Engin. That portion of the natural shore on the outside of the embankment which receives the stock of waves and deadens their force. Knight, Edward Henry
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54