Headland

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Headland \Head"land\ (h[e^]d"l[a^]nd), n.
     1. A cape; a promontory; a point of land projecting into the
        sea or other expanse of water. "Sow the headland with
        wheat." --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  


     2. A ridge or strip of unplowed at the ends of furrows, or
        near a fence. --Tusser.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  headland
       n : a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out
           into the sea) [syn: {promontory}, {foreland}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  21 Moby Thesaurus words for "headland":
     beak, bill, breakwater, cape, chersonese, coral reef, delta,
     foreland, head, hook, mull, naze, ness, peninsula, point,
     promontory, reef, sandspit, spit, spur, tongue
  
  

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Headland, AL (city, FIPS 33856)
    Location: 31.35193 N, 85.34325 W
    Population (1990): 3266 (1311 housing units)
    Area: 41.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 36345

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Headland, AL -- U.S. city in Alabama
     Population (2000):    3523
     Housing Units (2000): 1516
     Land area (2000):     16.032531 sq. miles (41.524063 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.009766 sq. miles (0.025294 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    16.042297 sq. miles (41.549357 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            33856
     Located within:       Alabama (AL), FIPS 01
     Location:             31.353410 N, 85.339793 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     36345
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Headland, AL
      Headland