noun
definition
A hill at the base of a mountain or mountain range.
Examples of foothill in a Sentence
At first we walked on smooth wide paths up through a fairly gentle foothill zone, with steps carved into steeper places.
A canopy tower on the hill enables us to watch canopy tower on the hill enables us to watch canopy foothill flocks.
All about and inter-penetrating the foothill and sand-hill regions are the prairies, which include three-fourths of the state.
The foremost foothill of the range is the steep crag of Mons Titanus, crowned by the towers of the republic of San Marino.
Mining is only of slight importance, small quantities of coal and iron-ore being extracted in the Alpine foothill region; graphite is found near Miihldorf.
To the north of these mountains, stretching towards the Danube, is the Alpine foothill region, composed partly of terraces and partly of swelling undulations, of which the most important is the Hausruckwald.