A long or narrow projecting piece of land; a promontory, a spit. Cf. tail, n.1 2o. Obsolete.
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释义 | the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > promontory, headland, or cape > [noun] (63) starteOE A long or narrow projecting piece of land; a promontory, a spit. Cf. tail, n.1 2o. Obsolete. nessOE A promontory, headland, or cape. snookc1236 A projecting point or piece of land; a promontory. head1315 A projecting piece of coastal land, esp. when of considerable height; a promontory, a headland, a cape. Frequently (and originally) in place names… bill1382 A beaklike projection; a spur, tooth, spike. Applied to some narrow promontories, as Portland Bill, Selsea Bill. Nautical in plural, see quot. 1850. foreland?a1400 A cape, headland or promontory. capec1405 A piece of land jutting into the sea; a projecting headland or promontory. nook?a1425 A point of land running into the sea; a headland, a promontory. Obsolete. mull1429 In Scotland: a promontory, a headland. headland?c1475 A steep point of land projecting from a coastline into the sea or other expanse of water; a cape or promontory. point?c1475 A projecting tip or extremity of any kind. A promontory or cape; the tip of a piece of land running out to sea. Also: a promontory on a river, or… nese1497 Scottish. A ness, a headland. Obsolete. rare. peak1548 A promontory; a headland. Obsolete. rare. promontory1548 A point of high land which juts out into the sea or another expanse of water; a headland. arma1552 A long or narrow projecting portion of land; also in arm of (the) land. Also: the projecting flank of a mountain. reach1562 A headland, a promontory, spec. (U.S.) in a river-bend. Now U.S. and rare. butt1598 A headland, a promontory. promontorea1600 = promontory, n. 1a. horn1601 A pointed or tapering projection. A piece of land projecting into the sea, etc.; a promontory. naze1605 A promontory, a headland, a ness. promonta1607 = promontory, n. bay1611 An indentation or rounded projection of the land into the sea. Obsolete. abutment1613 Apparently: a projecting spit of land, a promontory. Obsolete. rare. promontorium1621 = promontory, n. 1. rare. noup1701 A jutting or overhanging crag; a steep headland or promontory. lingula1753 A small promontory, projection, or tongue of land or rock. Cf. tongue, n. 13a. Now rare. scaw1821 A promontory. tang1822 A projecting pointed part or instrument. (See quot. 1822) dialect. (So in Old Norse.) odd1869 A small point of land. Chiefly in place names. Subcategories:— specific (3) — point of (2) — spit (5) — peninsula (9) — isthmus (15) |
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