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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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