Meanings
adjectivecliff-bound (not comparable)
- alternativenot comparableAlternative form of cliffbound.
Coastal routes always provide difficult engineering problems, where a coast is rocky and cliff-bound, owing to the necessity for crossing all valleys and ravines making their way to the sea.
1946 March and April, “The Why and The Wherefore: L.M.S.R. Wick Main Line”, in Railway Magazine, page 130
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