a roadway that winds along a cliff or steep slope
Origin of corniche
Fr, literally , cornicecorniche
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corniche
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A road that winds along the side of a steep coast or cliff.
Origin of corniche
Short for French route en corniche route road en on corniche rock ledge, cornice ( from Italian cornice ; see cornice . )THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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