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Webster 1913 Edition

Foreland

Fore′landˊ

,
Noun.
1.
A promontory or cape; a headland;
as, the North and South
Foreland
in Kent, England
.
2.
(Fort.)
A piece of ground between the wall of a place and the moat.
Farrow.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Foreland

FO'RELAND

,
Noun.
A promontory or cape; a point of land extending into the sea some distance from the line of the shore; a head land; as the North and South Foreland in Kent, in England.

Definition 2024

foreland

foreland

English

Noun

foreland ‎(plural forelands)

  1. A headland.
  2. (geology) In plate tectonics, the zone adjacent to a mountain chain where material eroded from it is deposited.

Translations

Etymology

fore- +‎ land

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