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headland definition

head·land (hed′land′; for 2 usually, -lənd)

noun

  1. the unbroken soil at the edge of a plowed field, esp. at the ends of the furrows
  2. a cape or point of land reaching out into the water; esp., a promontory

Etymology: ME hedelonde < OE heafod lond

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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