foreland

foreland is a   Noun

Definition:

[1] A promontory or cape; a headland; as, the North and South Foreland in Kent, England.

[2] A piece of ground between the wall of a place and the moat. Farrow.

[3] 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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