Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
noun
- a promontory extending into a large body of water.
- a strip of unplowed land at the ends of furrows or near a fence or border.
noun
- (ˈhɛdlənd) a narrow area of land jutting out into a sea, lake, etc
- (ˈhɛdˌlænd) a strip of land along the edge of an arable field left unploughed to allow space for machines
Old English heafod lond “strip of land left unplowed at the edge of a field to leave room for the plow to turn,” naturally identified with boundaries; see head (n.) + land (n.). Meaning “high cape, promontory” is from 1520s.