Foreland /(?)/

Fore·land

Foreland

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