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headland

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head·land  (hdlnd, -lnd)
n.
1. A point of land, usually high and with a sheer drop, extending out into a body of water; a promontory.
2. The unplowed land at the end of a plowed furrow.

headland
n
1. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) a narrow area of land jutting out into a sea, lake, etc.
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) a strip of land along the edge of an arable field left unploughed to allow space for machines
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.headlandheadland - a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)
mull - a term used in Scottish names of promontories; "the Mull of Kintyre"
natural elevation, elevation - a raised or elevated geological formation
point - a promontory extending out into a large body of water; "they sailed south around the point"

headland
noun promontory, point, head, cape, cliff, bluff, mull (Scot.), foreland, bill The headland south of Coolum has walking trails.
Translations
headland [ˈhedlənd] Ncabo m, punta f
headland [ˈhɛdlænd ˈhɛdlənd] npromontoire m, cap m
headland [ˈhɛdlənd] npunta, promontorio
headland [ˈhɛdlənd] npunta, promontorio


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They were standing on the bank of the pond, below Orchard Slope, where a little headland fringed with birches ran out from the bank; at its tip was a small wooden platform built out into the water for the convenience of fishermen and duck hunters.
In all the devious tracings the course of a sailing-ship leaves upon the white paper of a chart she is always aiming for that one little spot - maybe a small island in the ocean, a single headland upon the long coast of a continent, a lighthouse on a bluff, or simply the peaked form of a mountain like an ant-heap afloat upon the waters.
I will reap your fields before you at the hands of a host; Ye shall glean behind my reapers, for the bread that is lost, And the deer shall be your oxen By a headland untilled, For the Karela, the bitter Karela, Shall leaf where ye build!
 
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