Headland

//ˈhɛdlənd// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Coastal land that juts into the sea.
  2. 2
    a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea) wordnet
  3. 3
    The unplowed boundary of a field.

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peninsulapromontorypromontorybeakbillbluff

Example

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"The inexorable force of the waves crashing against the shore over millennia caused a huge section of the headland to fall into the sea."

Etymology

From Middle English hedelond, hedelonde, from Old English hēafodland, hafudland (“boundary, headland”), equivalent to head + land. Eclipsed non-native Middle English chevicir (“headland”), borrowed from Old French chevecier (“head piece”).

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