Noun
A promontory or cape; a headland; as, the North and South Foreland in Kent, England.
A piece of ground between the wall of a place and the moat.
That portion of the natural shore on the outside of the embankment which receives the stock of waves and deadens their force.
Source: Webster's dictionaryDeep marine trenches are typically associated with subduction zones, and the basins that develop along the active boundary are often called "foreland basins". Source: Internet
The foreland basin forms ahead of the orogen due mainly to loading and resulting flexure of the lithosphere by the developing mountain belt. Source: Internet