face wall

breast wall, face wall

1. A retaining wall.

2. A parapet which is breast high.

face wall

1. A retaining wall. 2. The front wall of a building.

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Face wall, standing about two feet away from it and with feet slightly wider than hips.

Standing push-ups

Seattle's Marginal Way has a big face wall for you to get freaky on.

Photograffiti

Since the Northern Bank raid and murder of Robert McCartney, the party's rating has slipped to nine per cent - down two points on January.FAMILY FACE WALL OF SILENCE: SEE PAGE 7

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Andrew didn't leave empty handed, though; he walked away with some cash, too, winning best trick on the face wall.

Crocked up

Lance got a corner air through it and accidentally rode back up the face wall, so harsh was the line.

Bros in the bowls

Rehabilitation includes adding top soil to rock face walls within the mine, planting of grasses, and installing coconut nets to avoid erosion.

Mining firm achieves high reforestation survival rate

Looking back, it's hard not to notice how often British artist Catherine Yass has set up her camera to face walls, capturing surfaces spotted by stains in a meat market ("Stall," 1996), scratched with graffiti in a prison ("Cell," 1998), obscured by steam in a Baden-Baden spa ("Baths," 1998), or decorated by tiles in the Prague underground ("Metro," 2001).