'Foreland' definitions:
Definition of 'foreland'
(from WordNet)
noun
A natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea) [syn: promontory, headland, head, foreland]
noun
Land forming the forward margin of something
Definition of 'Foreland'
From: GCIDE
- Foreland \Fore"land`\, n.
- 1. A promontory or cape; a headland; as, the North and South Foreland in Kent, England. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Fort.) A piece of ground between the wall of a place and the moat. --Farrow. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Hydraul. Engin.) That portion of the natural shore on the outside of the embankment which receives the stock of waves and deadens their force. --Knight. [1913 Webster]