foreland

Plural: forelands

Noun

• A projecting mass of land, such as a cape or promontory.
• a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)
• land forming the forward margin of something
• A headland.
• In plate tectonics, the zone adjacent to a mountain chain where material eroded from it is deposited.

Examples

• His word stretched across the board like a foreland, claiming new territory for points.

Synonyms

head, headland, promontory