Corniche

A corniche is a road on the side of a cliff or mountain, with the ground rising on one side and falling away on the other. The word has been absorbed into English from the French term route à corniche or "road on a ledge", itself derived from the Italian cornice, for "ledge".

For other uses, see Corniche (disambiguation).
For the architectural feature, see Cornice.
For snow feature, see Snow cornice.
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