facing
/ˈfeɪsɪŋ/ nom B1En français : parement
- The most external portion of exterior siding.
- Fabric applied to a garment edge on the underside.
- A powdered substance, such as charcoal or bituminous coal, applied to the face of a mould, or mixed with the sand that forms it, to give a fine smooth surface to the casting.
- The collar and cuffs of a military coat, commonly of a different colour from the rest of the coat.
- The movement of soldiers by turning on their heels to the right, left, or about.
Pluriel facings
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Suddenly he struck against something crouching behind a wheelbarrow filled with leaves; the something rose, uttering an exclamation of astonishment, and Monte Cristo found himself facing a man about fifty years old, who was plucking strawberries, which he was placing upon grape leaves.
The True courage is in facing danger when you are afraid, and that kind of courage you have in plenty.”
The girl, after leaving her entertainer, sped swiftly cross-town until she arrived at a handsome and sedate mansion two squares to the east, facing on that avenue which is the highway of Mammon and the auxiliary gods.
The lodge was a ruin of black granite and bared ribs of rafters, but facing it was a new building, half constructed, the first fruit of Sir Charles’s South African gold.
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