headland

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

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

2. 2
   noun

   Coastal land that juts into the sea.

3. 3
   noun

   The unplowed boundary of a field.

From Middle English hedelond, hedelonde, from Old English hēafodland, hafudland (“boundary, headland”), equivalent to head + land. Eclipsed non-native Middle English chevicir (“headland”), borrowed from Old French chevecier (“head piece”).

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