hill-crest

Over the hill-crest lay villages of Christian yeomen living in free peace with their Moslem neighbours as though they had never heard the grumbles of Lebanon.

Seven Pillars of Wisdom Thomas Edward 2003

The group that appeared at the hill-crest of the trail behind them, little farther than a dek back, was more than just a few riders.

The Soprano Sorceress Modesitt, L. E. 1997

As the sun rose the men fell in, and at the same time a battery of field-guns was brought up on the hill-crest just beyond, between us and toward Santiago.

The Rough Riders Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 1992

At the point where we were, the grass-covered hill-crest was gently rounded, giving poor cover, and I made my men lie down on the hither slope.

The Rough Riders Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 1992

On a particularly high hill-crest where the road was wider, perhaps because the hummock of stones and fallen timbers looming in the brush back from the north side of the road might have been an inn or roadhouse in times past, I motioned for the sub-officer to stop.

The Magic of Recluce Modesitt, L. E. 1991

Again, I tried to sense what lay over the hill-crest before me, whatever it was that Gairloch disliked.

The Magic of Recluce Modesitt, L. E. 1991

I could feel the energy ahead, perhaps as near as over the next hill-crest.

The Magic of Recluce Modesitt, L. E. 1991

They had a fine view from the hill-crest, but Sharpe had no doubt that, once the enemy committed himself to the attack, this strong picquet would go down to the houses where the rest of his men waited.

Sharpe's Rifles Cornwell, Bernard 1988

The sun rose behind them, lancing its light across the ridge they had walked the day before, and Sharpe, ahead of the Riflemen, saw it touch gold on the hill-crest seventy yards ahead.

Sharpe's Gold Cornwell, Bernard, 1944- 1981

Among the strewn red fragments to the left I saw where the old track had wound tortuously across the hill-crest behind the pines and fallen rocks.

Madam Will You Talk Stewart, Mary, 1916- 1967