| 单词 | arm of land |
| 释义 | > as lemmasarm of (the) land b. A long or narrow projecting portion of land; also in arm of (the) land. Also: the projecting flank of a mountain. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > promontory, headland, or cape > [noun] starteOE nessOE snookc1236 head1315 bill1382 foreland?a1400 capec1405 nook?a1425 mull1429 headland?c1475 point?c1475 nese1497 peak1548 promontory1548 arma1552 reach1562 butt1598 promontorea1600 horn1601 naze1605 promonta1607 bay1611 abutment1613 promontorium1621 noup1701 lingula1753 scaw1821 tang1822 odd1869 a1552 J. Leland Itinerary (1711) VII. 118 The Marsch Land..runnyng ynto a Poynt yt standeth as an Arme, a Foreland, or a Nesse. 1654 E. Johnson Hist. New-Eng. 19 In the bosome of the out-stretched arme of Cape Cod. 1664 J. Exton Maritime Dicæol. ii. iii. 52 I must confess it sounds very strangely in my ears, to hear that which hath..been called an arme of the Sea, now called an arme of the Land, or an arme of a County. 1723 H. Rowlands Mona Antiqua Restaurata ii. 4 An Arm of Land, joining the County of Anglesey to that of Carnarvon-shire. 1856 A. P. Stanley Sinai & Palestine Introd. p. xlviii The arms of the mountain closing us in. 1913 H. H. Robinson San Franciscan Volcanic Field v. 130 The northeast and southeast arms of the mountain. 1945 P. Larkin North Ship 24 I dreamed of an out-thrust arm of land Where gulls blew over a wave. 2013 Times (Nexis) 16 Mar. 18 Between the arms of the bay we were sheltered. < as lemmas |
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