All 4 Uses of
cornice
in
Into Thin Air
- The uppermost shank of Everest's Southeast Ridge is a slender, heavily corniced fin of rock and wind-scoured snow that snakes for a quarter mile between the summit and a subordinate pinnacle known as the South Summit.†
Chpt 1 *
- Rendered dumb with awe and fatigue, I took some photos, then sat down wit Biedleman, and Anatoli Boukreev to wait for the Sherpas to fix ropes along the spectacularly corniced summit ridge.†
Chpt 13
- Just don't walk off any cornices.†
Chpt 14
- When Lopsang saw that Hansen was faltering, he held up his own descent long enough to make sure Doug and Rob made it safely across a dangerously corniced area just below the top.†
Chpt 17
Definition:
a decorative border along the top of a building's exterior wall
or:
a decorative molding between the ceiling and the top of a wall
or:
hardened snow that hangs over a ridge or precipice
or:
a decorative molding between the ceiling and the top of a wall
or:
hardened snow that hangs over a ridge or precipice