FORELAND

foreland

(noun) land forming the forward margin of something

promontory, headland, head, foreland

(noun) a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

foreland (plural forelands)

A headland.

(geology) In plate tectonics, the zone adjacent to a mountain chain where material eroded from it is deposited.

Source: Wiktionary

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Fore"land`, n.

1. A promontory or cape; a headland; as, the North and South Foreland in Kent, England.

2. (Fort.)

Definition: A piece of ground between the wall of a place and the moat. Farrow.

3. (Hydraul. Engin.)

Definition: That portion of the natural shore on the outside of the embankment which receives the stock of waves and deadens their force. Knight.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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