n. A bit of coastal land that juts into the sea; cape
n. The unplowed boundary of a field
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A cape; a promontory; a point of land projecting into the sea or other expanse of water.
n. A ridge or strip of unplowed at the ends of furrows, or near a fence.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A ridge or strip of unplowed land at the ends of furrows or near a fence.
n. A cape; a promontory; a point of land projecting from the shore into the sea or other expanse of water.
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n. a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)
Word Usage
"Places as threatened by this prose as a headland is by the bulldozer or a sea almond grove by the surveyor's string, or from blight, the mountain laurel."