Found 2 items, similar to foreland.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: foreland foreland n 1: a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea) [syn: promontory, headland] 2: land forming the forward margin of something
English → English (gcide) Definition: Foreland 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]