All 3 Uses of
precipice
in
The Age of Innocence
- But he was still dizzy with the glimpse of the precipice they had skirted, and full of a new awe at the mystery of young-girlhood.†
Chpt 16 *
- He felt as though he had been struggling for hours up the face of a steep precipice, and now, just as he had fought his way to the top, his hold had given way and he was pitching down headlong into darkness.†
Chpt 18
- Archer sat silent, with the sense of clinging to the edge of a sliding precipice.†
Chpt 25
Definition:
a very steep cliff
or:
any dangerous situation
or:
any dangerous situation