Bible Dictionaries
Promontory

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) A high point of land or rock projecting into the sea beyond the line of coast; a headland; a high cape.

(2):

(n.) A projecting part. Especially: (a) The projecting angle of the ventral side of the sacrum where it joins the last lumbar vertebra. (b) A prominence on the inner wall of the tympanum of the ear.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Promontory'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/promontory.html. 1828.