out-cropping

Then on St. Michael's day, September 29th, 2006, Mike and two teammates had taken a position on the out-cropping of a rooftop when an insurgent grenade bounced off Mike's chest and fell in front of him.

CNN Transcript Sep 2, 2008 2008

It looks more like a rock out-cropping, but you never know.

CNN Transcript Jan 23, 2008 2008

JOHNSTON: Well, as I was making a traverse across the -- connecting between the tracks and the first snow cave, I started to tap on a couple of rocks that were kind of an out-cropping.

CNN Transcript Dec 19, 2006 2006

On an out-cropping that overlooked Elmira, the Chemung River, and the “retreating ranges of distant blue hills” beyond,7 sat a small wooden octagonal enclosure with a peaked roof, glassed windows, wide doorway, coal grate, writing table, sofa, and chairs.

Mark Twain Ron Powers 2005

On an out-cropping that overlooked Elmira, the Chemung River, and the “retreating ranges of distant blue hills” beyond,7 sat a small wooden octagonal enclosure with a peaked roof, glassed windows, wide doorway, coal grate, writing table, sofa, and chairs.

Mark Twain Ron Powers 2005

Their guide motioned toward a huge rocky out-cropping some fifty yards away.

An Accidental Greek Wedding Carol Grace 2004

Chalk — out-cropping here and there, and sheep up on those downs, no doubt — his father had always sworn by Southdown mutton.

Swan Song 2004

Their guide motioned toward a huge rocky out-cropping some fifty yards away.

An Accidental Greek Wedding Carol Grace 2004

Sure enough, about a hundred yards down the trail was a huge out-cropping of rock that formed a floor and a roof.

Wild Orchids Jude Deveraux 2003

She was following the path that headed toward the sea, just east of the Point—the out-cropping of jagged rocks that jutted out over the quay.

The Pleasure Seekers Melanie George 2003