PROMONTORY

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

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.
n.

A projecting part. Especially: (a) The projecting angle of the ventral side of the sacrum where it joins the last lumbar vertebra.

3.
n.

A prominence on the inner wall of the tympanum of the ear.