Definitions for foreland
ˈfɔrˌlænd, ˈfoʊr-fore·land

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. promontory, headland, head, forelandnoun

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

2. forelandnoun

   land forming the forward margin of something

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. forelandnoun

   A headland.

2. forelandnoun

   In plate tectonics, the zone adjacent to a mountain chain where material eroded from it is deposited.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Forelandnoun

   A promontory; headland; high land jutting into the sea; a cape.

   Etymology: fore and land.

   As when a ship, by skilful steersman wrought,
   Nigh river’s mouth, or foreland, where the wind
   Veers oft, as oft so steers, and shifts her sails. John Milton, P. L.

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1. foreland

   A foreland is an area of land that extends out into a body of water, such as a cape or a headland. It can also refer to an area of relatively high ground adjacent to a mountain or a range of mountains. In geology, it may refer to the section of a continental plate that is pushed forward by the movement of a converging tectonic plate.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Forelandnoun

   a promontory or cape; a headland; as, the North and South Foreland in Kent, England

2. Forelandnoun

   a piece of ground between the wall of a place and the moat

3. Forelandnoun

   that portion of the natural shore on the outside of the embankment which receives the stock of waves and deadens their force

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1. Foreland

   Foreland is the easternmost point of the Isle of Wight. It is located three miles east of the town of Brading, and due south of the city of Portsmouth on the British mainland. It is characterised by a pub called the Crab and Lobster and various beach huts plus a beach cafe and a coast guard lookout. In the sea are the reefs of Bembridge Ledge which is rich in edible crabs, lobsters and spider crabs and shoals of mackerel. In the Crab & Lobster pub are photographs of the many shipwrecks, which included the submarine HMS Alliance, now a museum ship at Gosport and the First World War troopship the S.S. Mehndi carrying troops from South Africa, with great loss of life. The channel through the interior of the Bembridge Ledges is known as "Dickie Dawes Gut" after a notorious local smuggler due to his feat of escaping the excise men by superior local navigational knowledge. There was a pill-box built in the Second World War, now subsumed in the sea defences. The beach is sandy with stones which contain Cretaceous fossils. The cliffs also feature Horsetails ferns.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Foreland

   fōr′land, n. a point of land running forward into the sea, a headland.

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. foreland

   A cape or promontory projecting into the sea: as the North and South Forelands. It is nearly the same with headland, only that forelands usually form the extremes of certain lines of sea-coast. Also, a space left between the base of a canal bank, and an adjacent drainage cut or river, so as to favour the stability of the bank.

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. foreland

   In fortification, a piece of ground between the wall of a place and the moat.

Matched Categories

1. • Land
   • Natural Elevation

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of foreland in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of foreland in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=foreland
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Foreland
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=foreland
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foreland
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=foreland
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=foreland
8. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=foreland
9. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html