corniche
a winding road cut into the side of a steep hill or along the face of a coastal cliff.
Origin of corniche
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How to use corniche in a sentence
When the lights go up on a Kennedy creation, you strap in for a gambol along a singular corniche.
Adrienne Kennedy’s new play, ‘Etta and Ella on the Upper West Side,’ is utterly unique | Peter Marks | January 14, 2021 | Washington PostAnd in less than two hours, we are driving along a palm-lined corniche that runs along a magnificent coast.
One could drink coffee—and Libyans drink it all day—or walk along the spectacular corniche.
They play poker with the corniche landscape, that people come from all over the world to see, right before their eyes.
The Enemies of Women | Vicente Blasco IbezThe boy with the donkey turned off to the main road and continued the steep climb toward the Grande corniche.
The Angel of Terror | Edgar Wallace
Tar has at last been brought to rescue the charms of the Lower corniche from being completely destroyed.
France | Gordon Cochrane HomeFor an hour over a road beside which the corniche is commonplace indeed, the gharry rolled on.
A Transient Guest | Edgar SaltusEvidently my brother passed through Aix, as well as along the corniche, under "different circumstances!"
The Motor Maid | Alice Muriel Williamson and Charles Norris Williamson
British Dictionary definitions for corniche
/ (ˈkɔːnɪʃ) /
a coastal road, esp one built into the face of a cliff
Origin of corniche
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