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promontory

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promontory
1. a high point of land, esp of rocky coast, that juts out into the sea
2. Anatomy any of various projecting structures
promontory [′präm·ən‚tȯr·ē]
(geology)
A high, prominent projection or point of land, or a rock cliff, jutting out boldly into a body of water.
A cape, either low-lying or of considerable height, with a bold termination.
A bluff or prominent hill overlooking or projecting into a lowland.
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Their house was in Wickham Place, and fairly quiet, for a lofty promontory of buildings separated it from the main thoroughfare.
Howards End by Forster, E. M. View in context
When I had reached these, and walked over the moist, slippery sea-weed (at the risk of floundering into one of the numerous pools of clear, salt water that lay between them), to a little mossy promontory with the sea splashing round it, I looked back again to see who next was stirring.
Agnes Grey by Bronte, Anne View in context
Here is my promontory, and there is the sea--IT rolleth hither unto me, shaggily and fawningly, the old, faithful, hundred-headed dog-monster that I love
Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book For All And None by Nietzsche, Friedrich View in context
 
 
 
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