All 4 Uses of
precipice
in
The Two Towers
- But west would lead them only into more labour and delay, back towards the heart of the hills; east would take them to the outer precipice.†
Chpt 4.1 *
- In the end, worn out, they just cast themselves on the ground under the lee of a boulder lying not far from the foot of the precipice.†
Chpt 4.1
- Down the face of a precipice, sheer and almost smooth it seemed in the pale moonlight, a small black shape was moving with its thin limbs splayed out.†
Chpt 4.1
- If I, wearing it, were to command you, you would obey, even if it were to leap from a precipice or to cast yourself into the fire.†
Chpt 4.3
Definition:
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(precipice) a very steep cliff
or:
any dangerous situation