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head·land (hed′land′; for 2 usually, -lənd)
noun
- the unbroken soil at the edge of a plowed field, esp. at the ends of the furrows
- a cape or point of land reaching out into the water; esp., a promontory
Etymology: ME hedelonde < OE heafod lond
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