Foreland
Foreland , noun
1.
A promontory or cape; a headland; as, the North and South Foreland in Kent, England.
2.
(Fortification) A piece of ground between the wall of a place and the moat. — Farrow
3.
(Hydraul. Engineering) That portion of the natural shore on the outside of the embankment which receives the stock of waves and deadens their force. — Knight