corniche

[ kawr-nish, kawr-neesh ]

noun

1. a winding road cut into the side of a steep hill or along the face of a coastal cliff.

corniche

/ ˈkɔːnɪʃ /

noun

1. a coastal road, esp one built into the face of a cliff

Word History and Origins

Origin of corniche¹

1830–40; < French, by ellipsis from route de corniche, route en corniche ( corniche rock ledge < Italian; cornice )

Word History and Origins

Origin of corniche¹

C19: from corniche road, originally the coastal road between Nice and Monte Carlo; see cornice

Example Sentences

When the lights go up on a Kennedy creation, you strap in for a gambol along a singular corniche.

From Washington Post

And in less than two hours, we are driving along a palm-lined corniche that runs along a magnificent coast.

From The Daily Beast

One could drink coffee—and Libyans drink it all day—or walk along the spectacular corniche.

From The Daily Beast

They play poker with the Corniche landscape, that people come from all over the world to see, right before their eyes.

From Project Gutenberg

The boy with the donkey turned off to the main road and continued the steep climb toward the Grande Corniche.

From Project Gutenberg

Tar has at last been brought to rescue the charms of the Lower Corniche from being completely destroyed.

From Project Gutenberg

For an hour over a road beside which the Corniche is commonplace indeed, the gharry rolled on.

From Project Gutenberg

Evidently my brother passed through Aix, as well as along the Corniche, under "different circumstances!"

From Project Gutenberg