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Definition of Foothill
1. Noun. A relatively low hill on the lower slope of a mountain.
Definition of Foothill
1. n. A low hill at the foot of higher hills or mountains.
Definition of Foothill
1. Noun. A hill at the base of a mountain or mountain range. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Foothill
1. a low hill at the foot of higher hills [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Foothill
Literary usage of Foothill
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1909)
"Tolland is in the center of a most interesting botanical field, the limits of
which on the one bide are the foothill districts, on the other the Alpine ..."
2. List of North American Land Mammals in the United States National Museum, 1911 by Gerrit Smith Miller, United States National Museum (1912)
"Acad. Sci., vol. 3, p. 555. November 29, 1901. TYPE LOCALITY.—foothill region of
Sierra Nevada de Colima, 1901. ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"White fir is found above the foothill zone. and heavy growths of cot ton wood
along the streams in the Bighorn region. The Douglas spruce and Rocky Mountain ..."
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