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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Foreland \Fore"land`\, n.
     1. A promontory or cape; a headland; as, the North and South
        Foreland in Kent, England.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Fort.) A piece of ground between the wall of a place and
        the moat. --Farrow.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. (Hydraul. Engin.) That portion of the natural shore on the
        outside of the embankment which receives the stock of
        waves and deadens their force. --Knight.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

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

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  foreland
       n 1: a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out
            into the sea) [syn: promontory, headland]
       2: land forming the forward margin of something

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  foreland
     n.
     1 A headland.
     2 (lb en geology) In plate tectonics, the zone adjacent to a mountain
  chain where material eroded from it is deposited.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  foreland
     n.
     1 A headland.
     2 (lb en geology) In plate tectonics, the zone adjacent to a mountain
  chain where material eroded from it is deposited.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  foreland
     n.
     1 A headland.
     2 (lb en geology) In plate tectonics, the zone adjacent to a mountain
  chain where material eroded from it is deposited.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  foreland
     n.
     1 A headland.
     2 (lb en geology) In plate tectonics, the zone adjacent to a mountain
  chain where material eroded from it is deposited.

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Foreland /fˈɔːlənd/
  رأس البرّ

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  foreland /fˈɔːlənd/ 
  útes

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  foreland /fˈɔːlənd/ 
  mys

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  foreland /fˈɔːlənd/
  Außendeichland , Butenland , Vorland 
           Note: Wasserbau
     Synonym: outland
  
           Note: water engineering

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  foreland /fˈɔːlənd/
  Kap , Landspitze , Vorgebirge  [veraltet]  [geogr.]
     Synonyms: cape, headland, head, promontory, mull
  
   see: capes, headlands, heads, forelands, promontories, mulls
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  foreland /fˈɔːlənd/
  Vorgewende , Randbereich eines Feldes [agr.]
     Synonym: headland
  

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  foreland /fˈɔːlənd/
  greben, rt

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  Foreland /fˈɔːlənd/
  Forland

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  foreland /fˈɔːlənd/
  1. burun, çıkıntı
  2. bir şeyin önündeki arazi parçası.

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 沿海地区,海角,海岸地;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 沿海地区,海角,海岸地

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