PROMONTORY


Meaning of PROMONTORY in English

n. (pl. -ies) 1 a point of high land jutting out into the sea etc.; a headland. 2 Anat. a prominence or protuberance in the body.

[ med.L promontorium alt. (after mons montis mountain) f. L promunturium (perh. f. PRO-(1), mons) ]

Concise Oxford English dictionary.      Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка.