What does "foreland" mean?
Foreland: (Fort.) A piece of ground between the wall of a place and the moat. Farrow.
Additional senses
- 2.(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.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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