foreland

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

foreland
    n 1: a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out
         into the sea) [syn: {promontory}, {headland}, {head},
         {foreland}]
    2: land forming the forward margin of something

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Foreland \Fore"land`\, n.
   1. A promontory or cape; a headland; as, the North and South
      Foreland in Kent, England.
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   2. (Fort.) A piece of ground between the wall of a place and
      the moat. --Farrow.
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   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.
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