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- noun Plural form of
corniche .
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Examples
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The zigzags then follow the line of a mountain torrent, the natural Pass, crossing its bed from left to right and from right again to left: the path is the rudest of corniches, worn by the feet of man and beast; and showing some ugly abrupt turns.
The Land of Midian 2003
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The huge chandeliers as well as the massive decorative corniches were all gone.
Invasion Cook, Robin, 1940- 2000
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Pass, crossing its bed from left to right and from right again to left: the path is the rudest of corniches, worn by the feet of man and beast; and showing some ugly abrupt turns.
The Land of Midian — Volume 1 Richard Francis Burton 1855
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