Beachy Head

English

Alternative forms

• Beachey Head (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old French beau chef (“beautiful headland”), recorded as Beauchef in 1279, later anglicised as Beachy Head.

Proper noun

Beachy Head

1. A high, prominent headland and cliff in Eastbourne borough, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TV5895).

See also

• beachhead