| Headland 1. (n.) A cape; a promontory; a point of land projecting into the sea or other expanse of water. 2. (n.) A ridge or strip of unplowed at the ends of furrows, or near a fence. Thesaurus Entries beak, bill, breakwater, cape, chersonese, coral reef, delta, foreland, head, hook, mull, naze, ness, peninsula, point, promontory, reef, sandspit, spit, spur, tongue |