cor·niche (kôr n sh, kôr-n sh)n. A road that winds along the side of a steep coast or cliff. [Short for French route en corniche : route, road + en, on + corniche, rock ledge, cornice (from Italian cornice; see cornice).] |
corniche [ˈkɔːnɪʃ]
n
(Engineering / Civil Engineering) a coastal road, esp one built into the face of a cliff
[from corniche road, originally the coastal road between Nice and Monte Carlo; see cornice]
Translations
corniche [ˈkɔːniːʃ, kɔːˈniːʃ] N (also corniche road) → corniche f
corniche
n → Küstenstraße f
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