foreland
noun
a cape, headland, or promontory.
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foreland
American
[fawr-land, fohr-]
/ ˈfɔrˌlænd, ˈfoʊr- /
noun
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a cape, headland, or promontory.
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land or territory lying in front.
foreland
1
British
/ ˈfɔːlənd /
noun
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a headland, cape, or coastal promontory
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land lying in front of something, such as water
Foreland
2
British
/ ˈfɔːlənd /
noun
Etymology
Origin of foreland
First recorded in 1300–50, foreland is from the Middle English word forlonde. See fore-, land
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He sent a foreland long beyond the baseline, giving Tiafoe the win.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 5, 2022
The area that the meteorite struck was the North Alpine foreland basin, a low point in Earth’s surface where a package of sediments was being deposited and, over geologic timescales, compressed into rock.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 9, 2019
A foreland basin is a feature that develops near mountain belts, as the combined mass of the mountains forms a depression in the lithospheric plate.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2017
The western edge of the basin, which has about 4,500 m of Mesozoic rock alone, is a foreland basin.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
We others cut down timber on the foreland, on a high point, and built his pyre of logs, then stood by weeping while the flame burnt through corse and equipment.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
Conor McClory and Sophie Curran found the time capsule on a beach called Bloody Foreland in Donegal, Ireland.
From NewsForKids.net ● Jan. 25, 2024
William worked at the South Foreland lighthouse near Dover, England.
From Salon ● Nov. 28, 2022
Foreland, an 85,000 square foot arts complex, opened this year in Catskill, N.Y.,
From New York Times ● Oct. 19, 2022
Researchers have determined that the Peruvian region known as the Pastaza-Marañón Foreland basin contains the largest peat swamp in the Amazon, stabilizing about three billion metric tons of captured carbon.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 5, 2020
I suppose I must have looked very much the same as the other fo'c'sle hands, for though we were often thrown together, we were off the South Foreland before he recognized me.
From In Strange Company A Story of Chili and the Southern Seas by Guy Newell Boothby
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