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Meanings of fell sheer in English

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Usage of fell sheer in English
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From the bending ground the cliff fell sheer to the sea and behold!
Fortitude
2
On one side, it fell sheer down.
Under Drake's Flag: A Tale of the Spanish Main
3
On the northwest side, towards the coast, the cliffs fell sheer to the sea below, their surface unbroken.
And Then There Were None
4
The balcony was built out from a brick wall which fell sheer to the bottom of the foss.
The Broken Road
5
The icy walls fell sheer for about sixty feet, where snow could be seen in the blue depths.
The Home of the Blizzard / Being the Story of the Australasian A...
6
On the other side, where the cliff fell sheer away, lay the red-dyed snows with misty shapes moving through the frosty valley.
Heralds of Empire / Being the Story of One Ramsay Stanhope, Lieu...
7
Beyond the edge of the ledge the cliff fell sheer to the water, and she shivered as she stepped back from her inspection.
The Angel of Terror
8
She stood upon the narrow ridge of snow, at her feet the rock-cliffs plastered with bulging masses of ice fell sheer to the glacier.
Running Water
9
At their feet lay a straggle of low buildings, a criss-cross of walls; and on three sides the precipices fell sheer into the plain.
Brave New World
10
That part of the fort stood on the brink of a frightful precipice which fell sheer away for hundreds of feet to the rocky coast.
At the Point of the Sword
11
But when we came to the sloping bank, where the land fell sheer away to a dry, pebbly reach, M. Radisson pulled a puzzled brow.
Heralds of Empire / Being the Story of One Ramsay Stanhope, Lieu...
12
'There it lies,' he said, pointing away south-eastwards to where the mountains' sides fell sheer into the shadows at their feet.
The fellowship of the ring
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