The sloping surfaces were slippery, making it necessary to find footholds in the breaks and where possible hold onto the jagged edges higher up.
These walls featured 3 or more horizontal and sloping surfaces.
Instead, they relied on gravity and the mechanics of objects in motion to walk stably down sloping surfaces.
A classic problem with ladders is that they tend to tilt when placed on steps and uneven or sloping surfaces.
Beginning in 1850, the sloping surfaces below the west front were transformed into a series of descending terraces, flowing stairways and majestic arches.
Where the building has an internal corner a valley makes the join between the sloping surfaces.
So sloping surfaces are more prone to solar thermal fracture.
It is large and can grow on both flat and sloping surfaces at depths down to 20 m (65 ft).
This ridge separates two sloping surfaces for the attachment of the interossei dorsales.
Douglas Quaid stood on the jaggedly sloping surface.