headland
NounOpen English WordNet
Noun (1)
- a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)Synonyms: promontoryheadforelandType of natural elevation, elevationKinds point, mullExamples Cape Sable Island, Cape Canaveral, Cape Horn, Jebel Musa, Cape Hatteras, Gibraltar
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Head′land (hĕd′lănd), noun
1. A cape; a promontory; a point of land projecting into the sea or other expanse of water. “Sow the headland with wheat.” William Shakespeare
2. A ridge or strip of unplowed at the ends of furrows, or near a fence. Thomas Tusser
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54