rockface

[ rok-feys ]

noun

Origin of rockface

First recorded in 1850–55; rock¹ + face

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Seams of coal run like black ribbons through sheer rock face.
Chris Hedges and Joe Sacco Chronicle Mining Catastrophes in West Virginia | Chris Hedges, Joe Sacco | June 14, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
As the madman was working over here, I climbed and slipped, and cut steps in the rock face of the cliff, on yon side.
David Lannarck, Midget | George S. Harney
On one side of it a huge precipice presents a bare rock face from which the water trickles into a little lake at the base.
Letters from Switzerland | Samuel Irenus Prime
You see, if the kid had not held fast, I'd have gone right down the rock face and don't know where I'd have stopped.
Northwest! | Harold Bindloss
My poor Bart broke into an account of all that had occurred, but that rock-face never softened for an instant.
The Exploits Of Brigadier Gerard | Arthur Conan Doyle

There was a rough pathway constructed up its face upon this side, and at the top were three tiers of holes bored in the rock face.
The Border Boys Across the Frontier | Fremont B. Deering

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