They were the barrier, hard and rocky and almost impermeable.

Ahead, the incoming tide was splashing hard against a rocky barrier, and Jack turned the searchlight to the left.

His ball drifted well to the left, hit the rocky barrier leading to the beach and tumbled out of play, taking Mickelson's hopes with it.

It had very nearly killed itself, bouncing over the rocky barrier to the inlet.

Shouts from rocky barriers called upon the mob to surrender.

The rocky barrier had not been high, but sufficient to bar the progress of a horse.

Beyond, a round hole eighteen inches in diameter had been burned through the rocky barrier.

Rafe, not waiting for a reply, moved toward the rocky barrier.

There was no passage through the rocky barriers by which a boat could enter.

The local word reef referred to any rocky barrier to travel.