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foreland

Noun
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

A foreland is a piece of land projecting into water or a plain near the sea. It is a geographical term, not a common everyday word.

Detailed Definition
Foreland is a landscape term for a projecting headland or open stretch of land. In the poem, it helps Tennyson map the brook’s route through a detailed rural scene.
Example
Example in poetry:
“And many a fairy foreland set” uses foreland for a projecting headland; “The foreland darkened where the sea bent north”; “Beyond the foreland, gulls flashed like paper”; “She watched the storm approach the chalk foreland”
Additional Notes
The word "foreland" in "And many a fairy foreland set" is a specialized geographical term that many readers may not know.; Found in the poem, The Brook by Alfred Lord Tennyson
Also Known As
promontory headland cape
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