foothill

foothill [foo t-hil] ExamplesWord Origin noun

1. a low hill at the base of a mountain or mountain range.

Origin of foothill An Americanism dating back to 1840–50; foot + hill Examples from the Web for foothill Historical Examples of foothill

And behind her, like a foothill in the shadow of a mountain, was Laban.

The Portygee

Joseph Crosby Lincoln

The lower third of the mountains, that is, the foothill section, is only tree-dotted.

Wild Life on the Rockies

Enos A. Mills

It was not many days after my arrival in the Foothill country that I began to hear of Gwen.

The Sky Pilot

Ralph Connor

The foothill Indians were not a particularly intelligent lot.

Down the Mother Lode

Vivia Hemphill

Neither had he an interest in the foothill country to the west.

The Rules of the Game

Stewart Edward White

British Dictionary definitions for foothill foothill noun

1. (often plural) a lower slope of a mountain or a relatively low hill at the foot of a mountain

Word Origin and History for foothill n.

“a hill that leads up to a mountain,” 1850, American English, from foot (n.) + hill.