piedmont Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the plateau between the coastal plain and the Appalachian Mountains: parts of Virginia and North and South Carolina and Georgia and Alabama
  2. noun a gentle slope leading from the base of a mountain to a region of flat land
  3. noun the region of northwestern Italy; includes the Po valley
    Piemonte.

WordNet

Pied"mont adjective
Etymology
F. pied foot + mont mountain.
Definitions
  1. (Geol.) Noting the region of foothills near the base of a mountain chain.

Webster 1913