/prom"euhn tawr'ee, -tohr'ee/ , n. , pl. promontories .
1. a high point of land or rock projecting into the sea or other water beyond the line of coast; a headland.
2. a bluff, or part of a plateau, overlooking a lowland.
3. Anat. a prominent or protuberant part.
[ 1540-50; promontorium, promunturium, of unclear derivation ]