headland

noun head·land \ ˈhed-lənd , -ˌland \

|Updated on: 4 Jul 2018

Examples: headland in a Sentence

Definition of headland

1 : unplowed land at the ends of furrows or near a fence

2 : a point of usually high land jutting out into a body of water : promontory

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Examples of headland in a Sentence

the lighthouse, situated on a narrow, rocky headland, commands an expansive view of the coast
navigation is notoriously difficult at the southernmost tip of South America, where ships must round the headland of Cape Horn

Recent Examples of headland from the Web

The castle, which is half on the Cornish mainland and half on a jagged headland that juts into the sea, is described by English Heritage as one of the most spectacular historic sites in Britain.

— james rogers, Fox News, "'King Arthur' castle discovery: Mysterious inscription intrigues experts," 18 June 2018
West Marin is a short drive across the Golden Gate Bridge, but the headlands separating it from the rest of the county have insulated the area from so many of the trappings of Bay Area life.

— San Francisco Chronicle, "One Day, One Place: Bolinas and Stinson Beach," 17 May 2018
Twenty-six hiking trails lace the park, with occasional sightings of moose and black bear (even whales, from the headlands).

— BostonGlobe.com, "Four reasons to relocate to Cape Breton — if only for a few days (five, if you play golf)," 23 May 2018
Elsa Dorfman offers a portrait of herself in her Cambridge home, perched on a massive sofa that looks as indestructible as a Maine headland.

— robert campbell, BostonGlobe.com, "Looking at architecture from the inside out," 10 May 2018
Coastal winds will be from the south at 30-45 mph (sustained) with gusts to 75 mph on the beaches and headlands.

— OregonLive.com, "Portland Friday weather: Calm before the (wind) storm," 6 Apr. 2018
The National Weather Service has already issued a high wind watch for coast gusts to 70 mph on the beaches and headlands, 60 mph in coast communities.

— OregonLive.com, "Portland metro Thursday weather: Rain, more rain and then some rain - high near 58," 5 Apr. 2018
The large footprints, described in a paper in the Scottish Journal of Geology, were discovered near a scenic headland known as Brothers’ Point.

— brigit katz, Smithsonian, "50 Rare Dinosaur Footprints Found on Scottish Island," 3 Apr. 2018
Woolf marveled at seeing Gurnard’s Head, a glorious headland named for the local fish, from that bedroom window.

— ratha tep, New York Times, "In Search of Virginia Woolf’s Lost Eden in Cornwall," 26 Feb. 2018

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