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Definition of Headlands
1. headland [n] - See also: headland
Lexicographical Neighbors of Headlands
Literary usage of Headlands
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on the Law of Tithes by William Eagle (1830)
"Principle of the headlands and butts, and meres or baulks, which are strips of
headlands' °f grass-land dividing the arable lands in common fields, ..."
2. A Practical Treatise on the Law of Tithes by John Mirehouse (1822)
"Of the Tithe of headlands and Forest Lands. headlands. ... or a discharge from
the tithe of hay on the headlands, in consideration that the owner bound, ..."
3. Elementary Physical Geography by William Morris Davis (1902)
"Diagram of an Irregular Shore Line with Cliffed headlands and Beached Bays As
the wave-cut bench broadens and the cliffs increase in ..."
4. Earth Features and Their Meaning: An Introduction to Geology for the Student by William Herbert Hobbs (1912)
"The pulling in of headlands and the cutting off of bays. — The removal of projecting
headlands by wave action, though it increases the area of the lake, ..."
5. Manual of Geology: Theoretical and Practical by John Phillips, Robert Etheridge (1885)
"headlands.—This dependence of headlands upon geological formations is well ...
All these headlands consist of chalk, and although chalk may be worn away by ..."
6. Superstitions of the Highlands & Islands of Scotland by John Gregorson Campbell (1900)
"Fires on headlands.—In Skye, fires were lighted on headlands at the beginning of
winter to bring in herrings. Stances. ..."
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