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cut-rock
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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
the steep side of a river channel through rocky terrain.
See: cutbank(def. 2)
Quotations
1908
There, the cut rocks, steep as a wall and sharp as knives, crowded the pack horses to the edge of bottomless precipices where one misstep meant instant death for rider and horse.
1926
Each day Tom McKay with his band of hunters scoured the cut-rocks [for beaver]. . . .