1
: unplowed land at the ends of furrows or near a fence
2
: a point of usually high land jutting out into a body of water : promontory
Examples of headland in a Sentence
the lighthouse, situated on a narrow, rocky headland, commands an expansive view of the coast
navigation is notoriously difficult at the southernmost tip of South America, where ships must round the headland of Cape Horn
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Some interlopers even made the treacherous journey around the rocky headland that flanks the resort’s half-moon bay to steal onto set.
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Charlie Campbell, TIME, 24 Jan. 2025
Also, as with the previous regional projects, so far there is no plan to include retention devices such as the artificial headlands and reef proposed in Oceanside.
—Philip Diehl, The Mercury News, 30 Dec. 2024
The plan calls for pumping nearly a million cubic yards of sand from offshore deposits onto the beach, holding the sand there between two artificial headlands and building an artificial reef to protect it.
—Philip Diehl, The Mercury News, 30 Dec. 2024
Gusts up to 70 mph are possible on beaches and headlands.
—Hallie Golden and Christopher Weber, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Nov. 2024
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Charlie Campbell, TIME, 24 Jan. 2025
Also, as with the previous regional projects, so far there is no plan to include retention devices such as the artificial headlands and reef proposed in Oceanside.
—Philip Diehl, The Mercury News, 30 Dec. 2024
The plan calls for pumping nearly a million cubic yards of sand from offshore deposits onto the beach, holding the sand there between two artificial headlands and building an artificial reef to protect it.
—Philip Diehl, The Mercury News, 30 Dec. 2024
Gusts up to 70 mph are possible on beaches and headlands.
—Hallie Golden and Christopher Weber, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Nov. 2024
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“Headland.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/headland. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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headland
noun
head·land
ˈhed-lənd 
-ˌland
: a point of land sticking out into the sea : promontory
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