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English-Thai Dictionary

foreland

N แหลม (ทาง ภูมิศาสตร์ แผ่นดิน ที่ ยื่น ไป ใน ทะเล headland promontory lam

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FORELAND

n.A promontory or cape; a point of land extending into the sea some distance from the line of the shore; a head land; as the North and South Foreland in Kent, in England.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

FORELAND

FORELAND Fore "land `, n.

1. A promontory or cape; a headland; as, the North and South Foreland in Kent, England.

2. (Fort. )

Defn: A piece of ground between the wall of a place and the moat. Farrow.

3. (Hydraul. Engin. )

Defn: That portion of the natural shore on the outside of the embankment which receives the stock of waves and deadens their force. Knight.

New American Oxford Dictionary

foreland

fore land |ˈfôrlənd ˈfɔrlənd | ▶noun an area of land bordering on another or lying in front of a particular feature. • a cape or promontory. • Geology a stable unyielding block of the earth's crust, against which compression produces a folded mountain range.

Oxford Dictionary

foreland

fore |land |ˈfɔːlənd | ▶noun 1 an area of land bordering on another or lying in front of a particular feature. 2 a cape or promontory. 3 Geology a stable unyielding block of the earth's crust, against which compression produces a folded mountain range.