01 n. A promontory or cape; a headland; as, the North and South Foreland in Kent, England.
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1.
A promontory or cape; a headland; as, the North and South Foreland in Kent, England.
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2.
A piece of ground between the wall of a place and the moat.(Fort.)
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3.
That portion of the natural shore on the outside of the embankment which receives the stock of waves and deadens their force.(Hydraul. Engin.)