rockface

[ rok-feys ]

/ ˈrɒkˌfeɪs /

an exposure of rock in a steep slope or cliff.

Origin of rockface

First recorded in 1850–55; rock¹ + face

The iron claws of its hinder feet rasped noisily on the rock-face.

In the Morning of Time |Charles G. D. Roberts
With his penknife, Sutter pried out o' the rock-face a piece o' gold weighin' nigh two ounces.

The Boy With the U.S. Miners |Francis Rolt-Wheeler
He caught fast and firm at John-Without-Asking, and threw himself over the rock-face.

The Lost Pibroch |Neil Munro
There was the little cave high up in the rock-face, looking towards the land, to which he had once scrambled up.

Paul the Minstrel and Other Stories |Arthur Christopher Benson

I suppose the sound comes up and strikes against the rock-face, to be reflected off to where we could hear it down below.

The Peril Finders |George Manville Fenn