HEADLAND

promontory, headland, head, foreland

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

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

headland (plural headlands)

Coastal land that juts into the sea.

The unplowed boundary of a field.

Synonyms

• (coastal land that juts into the sea): peninsula, cape, promontory

Anagrams

• leadhand

Source: Wiktionary


Head"land, n.

1. A cape; a promontory; a point of land projecting into the sea or other expanse of water. "Sow the headland with wheat." Shak.

2. A ridge or strip of unplowed at the ends of furrows, or near a fence. Tusser.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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