promontory : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: promontory	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for promontory
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
promontory n a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea) Synonym(s): promontory, headland, head, foreland
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Promontory \Prom"ontory\, n.; pl. {Promontories}. [ L. promonturium, promunturium; pro before + mons, montis, mountain: cf. F. promontoire. See {Mount}, n.] 1. (Phys. Geog.) A high point of land or rock projecting into the sea beyond the line of coast; a headland; a high cape. Like one that stands upon a promontory. --Shak. 2. (Anat.) A projecting part. Especially: (a) The projecting angle of the ventral side of the sacrum where it joins the last lumbar vertebra. (b) A prominence on the inner wall of the tympanum of the ear.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Doubling \Dou"bling\, n. 1. The act of one that doubles; a making double; reduplication; also, that which is doubled. 2. A turning and winding; as, the doubling of a hunted hare; shift; trick; artifice. --Dryden. 3. (Her.) The lining of the mantle borne about the shield or escutcheon. 4. The process of redistilling spirits, to improve the strength and flavor. {Doubling a cape}, {promontory}, etc. (Naut.), sailing around or passing beyond a cape, promontory, etc.