promontoryn.

Brit.

/ˈprɒm(ə)nt(ə)ri/, U.S.

/ˈprɑmənˌtɔri/

Forms: 1500s promentarie, 1500s promontorie, 1500s–1600s promontorye, 1500s– promontory, 1600s promentary, 1600s promentorie, 1600s promentory.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin prōmontorium, prōmunturium.

Etymology: < classical Latin prōmontorium, variant of prōmunturium headland, promontory, spur of a mountain ridge, perhaps < prōminēre to jut forward (see prominent adj.), after mont- , mōns mount n.¹ Compare Middle French, French promontoire (1213 in Old French in sense 1, 1805 in sense 2), Spanish promontorio (1490), Portuguese promontório (1563), Italian promontorio (a1292). Compare later promontore n., promontorium n.

a. A point of high land which juts out into the sea or another expanse of water; a headland.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > promontory, headland, or cape > [noun]

starteOE

nessOE

snookc1236

head1315

bill1382

foreland?a1400

capec1405

nook?a1425

mull1429

headland?c1475

point?c1475

nese1497

peak1548

promontory1548

arma1552

reach1562

butt1598

promontorea1600

horn1601

naze1605

promonta1607

bay1611

abutment1613

promontorium1621

noup1701

lingula1753

scaw1821

tang1822

odd1869

1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Acts xiii. 46 Barnabas and Saul went to Seleucia, whiche is a great promontorye, or peake on the weste parte of Antioche.

1594 2nd Rep. Dr. Faustus v. sig. C4 At the very promontories ends, standes two..Castles.

c1645 W. Atkins Relation of Journey (1994) 215 Over against the promentorie called Finis terrae, upon the coaste of Galicia.

1669 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. I i. viii. 44 Corsica..called by the Grecians..the Horny Iland; because of its many Promontories, and angles.

1725 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey III. x. 221 From yonder Promontory's brow, I view'd the coast.

1789 J. Morse Amer. Geogr. 169 This promontory circumscribes Barnstable Bay.

1815 D. Drake Nat. & Statist. View Cincinnati 64 The rocks of the celebrated reef, bordering that promontory [in east Florida], are calcareous.

1876 J. R. Green Stray Stud. Eng. & Italy 60 Monaco stands on a promontory of rock which falls in bold cliffs into the sea.

1929 R. Hughes High Wind in Jamaica iii. 63 They lay-to in sight of that long, low, rocky, treeless promontory in which the great island of Cuba terminates, and waited.

1956 G. Huntington Madame Solario ii. 21 A long and narrow promontory that almost divided the Lake in two.

2000 Marie Claire July 309/2 The low-rise complex in Mauritius covers a 60-acre promontory, with the sea and two kilometres of powder-white sand on two flanks.

b. In extended use.

ΚΠ

1603 G. Owen Descr. Penbrokshire (1892) 196 The begynning of his Raigne is the Period or farthest Promontorye of the certaine antiquities of this Realme.

1787 A. Smith Let. 6 Mar. in Corr. (1977) cclxvi. 301 I begin to flatter myself that, with good pilotage, I shall be able to weather this dangerous promontory of Human life.

1832 W. Irving Alhambra I. xxi. 309 They doubled the promontory of the mountains, and arrived in sight of the famous Puente del Pinos.

a1854 H. Reed Lect. Brit. Poets (1857) II. xv. 205 Standing on the promontory of the present, to feel the air rising from the shadowy waters of the past.

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. ix. 63 The avalanche..was hidden from us by a rocky promontory.

1934 A. H. R. Goldie Abercromby's Weather (rev. ed.) v. 92 The cyclone may originate not as a wave, but rather by reason of a promontory of cold air flowing out southward from the main cold mass.

1969 W. S. Burroughs Wild Boys (1972) 78 We camped in a ruined signal tower on a promontory of land jutting out over the desert.

1999 J. Leigh Hunter (2000) 82 He..settles with his rifle on a promontory of rock overlooking a stretch of button-grass.

2. Anatomy. A projection or protuberance, esp. of a bone or bony structure; spec. (a) the forward-projecting angle formed by the last lumbar vertebra and the sacrum; (also) the most anterior point of the upper border of the sacrum; (b) a rounded protuberance located on the internal wall of the tympanic cavity between the fenestrae. Cf. promontorium n. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > projection or protuberance > [noun]

boss1386

process1565

pitch1566

promontorium1791

promontory1793

papula1795

papule1821

outgrowth1855

upgrowth1870

1793 J. Bell Anat. Bones, Muscles, & Joints 139 The promontory of the sacrum is the projection formed by the lowest vertebra of the loins, and the upper point of that bone.

1831 R. Knox tr. H. Cloquet Syst. Human Anat. (ed. 2) 567 The Promontory..is another pretty broad tubercular eminence, of a variable form, which limits the fenestra ovalis below.

1881 St. G. Mivart Cat 298 Another opening, called the fenestra rotunda, lies below and behind the promontory.

1930 H. G. Newth Marshall & Hurst's Junior Course Pract. Zool. (ed. 11) xiii. 314 Immediately below the fenestra ovalis is a rounded swelling, the promontory, within which the cochlea lies.

1985 M. F. Myles Textbk. Midwives (ed. 10) ii. 16 The sacrum is a wedge-shaped bone composed of five sacral vertebrae; the centre of the upper surface of the first sacral vertebra being known as the promontory of the sacrum.

2005 Amer. Jrnl. Obstetr. & Gynecol. 192 1501/1 Historically, surgeons have attached suspensory material..most commonly to the anterior longitudinal ligament of the sacrum just inferior to the sacral promontory.

Compounds

C1. attributive in sense ‘resembling or forming a promontory, projecting’.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > [adjective]

steepc1000

tooting?c1225

strutting1387

prominent?1440

extant1540

eminent?1541

pouting1563

poking1566

out1576

egregious1578

promontory1579

out-pointed1585

buttinga1593

outjetting1598

perking1598

jettying1609

juttying1609

out-jutting1611

outstanding1611

upsticking1611

out-shooting1622

jutting1624

outgrowing1625

rank1625

toting1645

projectinga1652

porrected1653

protruded1654

protruding1654

upcast1658

protending1659

jettinga1661

raised1663

starting1680

emersed1686

exerted1697

projective1703

jet-out1709

exorbitant1715

sticking1715

foreright1736

poky1754

perked-up1779

salient1789

prouda1800

overdriven1812

extrusive1816

stand-up1818

shouldering1824

jutty1827

outflung1830

sticky-out1839

sticking-up1852

outreaching1853

protrusive1858

out-thrusting1869

stickout1884

protrudent1891

1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin vii. 372 On the toppe of the Mountaine called the promontorie hill.

a1592 R. Greene Frier Bacon (1594) sig. C^v Welcome..To Englands shore, whose promontorie cleeues, Shewes Albion is another little world.

1693 J. Dryden tr. Juvenal in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires vi. 95 A Promontory Wen, with griesly Grace, Stood high, upon the Handle of his Face.

1726 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey IV. xix. 281 His bending head, O'er which a promontory-shoulder spread.

1809 T. Campbell Gertrude of Wyoming iii. xxv Each bold and promontory mound.

a1894 R. L. Stevenson In South Seas (1896) i. viii. 69 On the summit of its promontory hill, the calaboose stands all day with doors and window-shutters open to the trade.

1999 BusinessWorld (Nexis) 24 Dec. 28 The Colina Tower..is located at the high promontory hill.

C2.

promontory fort n. Archaeology a type of Iron Age fort or fortified enclosure situated on a (coastal or inland) promontory. Typically used to refer to coastal forts located in Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and other areas settled by Celtic peoples.

ΚΠ

1864 Royal Cornwall Gaz. 8 July 8/3 The promontory forts must be referred to the Saxon or Danes.

1914 Times 29 May 15/3 Hengistbury Head had been converted into a promontory fort in prehistoric times by the construction of large earthworks.

2004 D. W. Harding Iron Age in Northern Brit. ii. v. 144 The layout of promontory forts..is self-evidently determined by the topography in which they are located, taking advantage of a steep, coastal situation in which sheer cliffs minimise the need for artificial defences.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	promontory
释义	promontoryn. Brit. /ˈprɒm(ə)nt(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˈprɑmənˌtɔri/ Forms: 1500s promentarie, 1500s promontorie, 1500s–1600s promontorye, 1500s– promontory, 1600s promentary, 1600s promentorie, 1600s promentory. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin prōmontorium, prōmunturium. Etymology: < classical Latin prōmontorium, variant of prōmunturium headland, promontory, spur of a mountain ridge, perhaps < prōminēre to jut forward (see prominent adj.), after mont- , mōns mount n.¹ Compare Middle French, French promontoire (1213 in Old French in sense 1, 1805 in sense 2), Spanish promontorio (1490), Portuguese promontório (1563), Italian promontorio (a1292). Compare later promontore n., promontorium n. 1. a. A point of high land which juts out into the sea or another expanse of water; a headland. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > promontory, headland, or cape > [noun] starteOE nessOE snookc1236 head1315 bill1382 foreland?a1400 capec1405 nook?a1425 mull1429 headland?c1475 point?c1475 nese1497 peak1548 promontory1548 arma1552 reach1562 butt1598 promontorea1600 horn1601 naze1605 promonta1607 bay1611 abutment1613 promontorium1621 noup1701 lingula1753 scaw1821 tang1822 odd1869 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Acts xiii. 46 Barnabas and Saul went to Seleucia, whiche is a great promontorye, or peake on the weste parte of Antioche. 1594 2nd Rep. Dr. Faustus v. sig. C4 At the very promontories ends, standes two..Castles. c1645 W. Atkins Relation of Journey (1994) 215 Over against the promentorie called Finis terrae, upon the coaste of Galicia. 1669 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. I i. viii. 44 Corsica..called by the Grecians..the Horny Iland; because of its many Promontories, and angles. 1725 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey III. x. 221 From yonder Promontory's brow, I view'd the coast. 1789 J. Morse Amer. Geogr. 169 This promontory circumscribes Barnstable Bay. 1815 D. Drake Nat. & Statist. View Cincinnati 64 The rocks of the celebrated reef, bordering that promontory [in east Florida], are calcareous. 1876 J. R. Green Stray Stud. Eng. & Italy 60 Monaco stands on a promontory of rock which falls in bold cliffs into the sea. 1929 R. Hughes High Wind in Jamaica iii. 63 They lay-to in sight of that long, low, rocky, treeless promontory in which the great island of Cuba terminates, and waited. 1956 G. Huntington Madame Solario ii. 21 A long and narrow promontory that almost divided the Lake in two. 2000 Marie Claire July 309/2 The low-rise complex in Mauritius covers a 60-acre promontory, with the sea and two kilometres of powder-white sand on two flanks. b. In extended use. ΚΠ 1603 G. Owen Descr. Penbrokshire (1892) 196 The begynning of his Raigne is the Period or farthest Promontorye of the certaine antiquities of this Realme. 1787 A. Smith Let. 6 Mar. in Corr. (1977) cclxvi. 301 I begin to flatter myself that, with good pilotage, I shall be able to weather this dangerous promontory of Human life. 1832 W. Irving Alhambra I. xxi. 309 They doubled the promontory of the mountains, and arrived in sight of the famous Puente del Pinos. a1854 H. Reed Lect. Brit. Poets (1857) II. xv. 205 Standing on the promontory of the present, to feel the air rising from the shadowy waters of the past. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. ix. 63 The avalanche..was hidden from us by a rocky promontory. 1934 A. H. R. Goldie Abercromby's Weather (rev. ed.) v. 92 The cyclone may originate not as a wave, but rather by reason of a promontory of cold air flowing out southward from the main cold mass. 1969 W. S. Burroughs Wild Boys (1972) 78 We camped in a ruined signal tower on a promontory of land jutting out over the desert. 1999 J. Leigh Hunter (2000) 82 He..settles with his rifle on a promontory of rock overlooking a stretch of button-grass. 2. Anatomy. A projection or protuberance, esp. of a bone or bony structure; spec. (a) the forward-projecting angle formed by the last lumbar vertebra and the sacrum; (also) the most anterior point of the upper border of the sacrum; (b) a rounded protuberance located on the internal wall of the tympanic cavity between the fenestrae. Cf. promontorium n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > projection or protuberance > [noun] boss1386 process1565 pitch1566 promontorium1791 promontory1793 papula1795 papule1821 outgrowth1855 upgrowth1870 1793 J. Bell Anat. Bones, Muscles, & Joints 139 The promontory of the sacrum is the projection formed by the lowest vertebra of the loins, and the upper point of that bone. 1831 R. Knox tr. H. Cloquet Syst. Human Anat. (ed. 2) 567 The Promontory..is another pretty broad tubercular eminence, of a variable form, which limits the fenestra ovalis below. 1881 St. G. Mivart Cat 298 Another opening, called the fenestra rotunda, lies below and behind the promontory. 1930 H. G. Newth Marshall & Hurst's Junior Course Pract. Zool. (ed. 11) xiii. 314 Immediately below the fenestra ovalis is a rounded swelling, the promontory, within which the cochlea lies. 1985 M. F. Myles Textbk. Midwives (ed. 10) ii. 16 The sacrum is a wedge-shaped bone composed of five sacral vertebrae; the centre of the upper surface of the first sacral vertebra being known as the promontory of the sacrum. 2005 Amer. Jrnl. Obstetr. & Gynecol. 192 1501/1 Historically, surgeons have attached suspensory material..most commonly to the anterior longitudinal ligament of the sacrum just inferior to the sacral promontory. Compounds C1. attributive in sense ‘resembling or forming a promontory, projecting’. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > [adjective] steepc1000 tooting?c1225 strutting1387 prominent?1440 extant1540 eminent?1541 pouting1563 poking1566 out1576 egregious1578 promontory1579 out-pointed1585 buttinga1593 outjetting1598 perking1598 jettying1609 juttying1609 out-jutting1611 outstanding1611 upsticking1611 out-shooting1622 jutting1624 outgrowing1625 rank1625 toting1645 projectinga1652 porrected1653 protruded1654 protruding1654 upcast1658 protending1659 jettinga1661 raised1663 starting1680 emersed1686 exerted1697 projective1703 jet-out1709 exorbitant1715 sticking1715 foreright1736 poky1754 perked-up1779 salient1789 prouda1800 overdriven1812 extrusive1816 stand-up1818 shouldering1824 jutty1827 outflung1830 sticky-out1839 sticking-up1852 outreaching1853 protrusive1858 out-thrusting1869 stickout1884 protrudent1891 1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin vii. 372 On the toppe of the Mountaine called the promontorie hill. a1592 R. Greene Frier Bacon (1594) sig. C^v Welcome..To Englands shore, whose promontorie cleeues, Shewes Albion is another little world. 1693 J. Dryden tr. Juvenal in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires vi. 95 A Promontory Wen, with griesly Grace, Stood high, upon the Handle of his Face. 1726 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey IV. xix. 281 His bending head, O'er which a promontory-shoulder spread. 1809 T. Campbell Gertrude of Wyoming iii. xxv Each bold and promontory mound. a1894 R. L. Stevenson In South Seas (1896) i. viii. 69 On the summit of its promontory hill, the calaboose stands all day with doors and window-shutters open to the trade. 1999 BusinessWorld (Nexis) 24 Dec. 28 The Colina Tower..is located at the high promontory hill. C2. promontory fort n. Archaeology a type of Iron Age fort or fortified enclosure situated on a (coastal or inland) promontory. Typically used to refer to coastal forts located in Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and other areas settled by Celtic peoples. ΚΠ 1864 Royal Cornwall Gaz. 8 July 8/3 The promontory forts must be referred to the Saxon or Danes. 1914 Times 29 May 15/3 Hengistbury Head had been converted into a promontory fort in prehistoric times by the construction of large earthworks. 2004 D. W. Harding Iron Age in Northern Brit. ii. v. 144 The layout of promontory forts..is self-evidently determined by the topography in which they are located, taking advantage of a steep, coastal situation in which sheer cliffs minimise the need for artificial defences. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1548
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