Headland

Word HEADLAND
Character 8
Hyphenation head land
Pronunciations /ˈhɛdlənd/

Definitions and meanings of "Headland"

What do we mean by headland?

A point of land, usually high and with a sheer drop, extending out into a body of water; a promontory. noun

The unplowed land at the end of a plowed furrow. noun

A ridge or strip of unplowed land at the ends of furrows or near a fence. noun

A cape; a promontory; a point of land projecting from the shore into the sea or other expanse of water. noun

A cape; a promontory; a point of land projecting into the sea or other expanse of water. noun

A ridge or strip of unplowed at the ends of furrows, or near a fence. noun

A bit of coastal land that juts into the sea; cape noun

The unplowed boundary of a field noun

A natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea) noun

Coastal land that juts into the sea.

The unplowed boundary of a field.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Headland

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The word "headland" in example sentences

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. ❋ Unknown (1997)

Wednesday (8) we weyed, and plyed neerer the headland, which is called Caninoz,192 the wind being at East and by North. ❋ Unknown (2003)

Around the headland was a short rocky beach backed by black slate cliffs. ❋ Hobb, Robin (1999)

The headland was a precipitous cliff of red sandstone, crowned at the summit with a fringe of forest trees, white at its base were two or three hollow caverns, worn into the solid rock by the action of the surf. ❋ James De Mille (N/A)

On the summit of the headland was a castle accessible on two sides only. ❋ John [Editor] Rudd (1885)

From the top of the highest headland, which is divided into two nipple-like peaks, an extensive view can be obtained. ❋ David Wynford Carnegie (1885)

The headland is a bold block of white limestone stained with red. ❋ John Addington Symonds (1866)

But when he came back to Portugal, the king told him he ought rather to have called the headland the Cape of Good Hope, for there was now good hope that the way to India was found. ❋ Unknown (1862)

Captain Cook called the headland off which this circumstance occurred Cape Kidnappers. ❋ William Henry Giles Kingston (1847)

Another attraction we'd seen as we rounded the headland was the Zlatni Rat (or golden horn), a golden shingle sandbar, almost 580 yards long like a white tongue stretched into the sea. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Wednesday (8) we weyed, and plyed neerer the headland, which is called ❋ Richard Hakluyt (1584)

We are told, "They are generally established on points overhanging valleys, on a mass of rocks forming a kind of headland, which is united to the rest of the country by a narrow neck of land. ❋ Emory Adams Allen (N/A)

The Sunday (7) we weied in Corpus Christi Bay, at a Northeast and by East sunne: the Bay is almost halfe a league deepe: the headland which is Corpus Christi point, lyeth Southeast and by ❋ Unknown (2003)

Now the Ionians arrived in Cyprus just at the time when the Persians having crossed over in ships from Kilikia were proceeding by land to attack Salamis, while the Phenicians with the ships were sailing round the headland which is called the ❋ Herodotus (2003)

In The Dry Salvages, Eliot, who was a master of repetition, would not have changed "headland" to "promontory" if he had wished to dwell on the identity of the two locations. ❋ Simpson, David L. (1978)

What I drew attention to was Traversi's assumption that The Dry Salvages would be a better poem if the reader took the "headland" and the "promontory" to be the same. ❋ Simpson, David L. (1978)

In the third of a series of "headland" speeches, the Opposition leader argued Kevin Rudd had softened border protection, straining relations with Indonesia and undermining public confidence in the immigration program. ❋ Unknown (2010)

He made the concession in his first big economic speech - one of his three '' headland '' addresses before Parliament resumes. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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