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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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