All 7 Uses of
chasm
in
Queen of Attolia
- All traffic between Attolia and Sounis climbed the mountain pass, crossing several bridges in the process, the most important being the Main Bridge, which spanned the chasm of the Seperchia near the top of the pass.†
Chpt 4 *
- The former riverbed and the road that ran along it were defended by a heavily fortified gate at the bottom of the mountains, and that gate was further defended by the chasm of the Seperchia River between it and Attolia.†
Chpt 11
- Working carefully, with a great deal of swearing, they were able to lift into place a series of beams across the chasm of the riverbed.†
Chpt 13
- "I had your father's word that those orifices existed and would support beams across the chasm and that the beams so supported would be above the level of the river."†
Chpt 13
- "It will be close to the chasm of the pass," the Mede had muttered, running his index finger across the carefully inked lines.†
Chpt 17
- "If it weren't very close to the chasm, the watercourse would lead down the coastal hills to the sea, not into the river."†
Chpt 17
- He'd made a particularly nice sacrifice at the altar of Aracthus before he'd stepped into the chasm of his watercourse, but that hadn't been his first sacrifice to the river, and anyway, it was a goddess who spoke.†
Chpt 21
Definition:
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(chasm) a large and deep and steep-sided opening on the earth's surface; or (more rarely) any large gap
or:
a very large difference -- often of opinion