acclivity

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Then the acclivity ends, and surmounting the roll of its brow a great flat wooded space, with here and there the distant hump of a mountain jutting against the sky, lies spread out in front.

From Fordham's Feud by Mitford, Bertram

Passing through a toll-gate I ascended an acclivity, from the top of which I obtained p. 604a full view of the castle, looking stern, dark, and majestic. 

From Wild Wales The People, Laguage & Scenery by Borrow, George Henry

The moment they bounded up the steep acclivity they were safe, and the wearied horsemen turned again to the camp.

From The Second War with England, Vol. 2 of 2 by Headley, Joel Tyler

It is pleasantly situated on the summit and slopes of an acclivity rising from the river, and has handsome squares, terraces, and streets.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar by Various

But most of all I admired the countless villas, covering every hill and every acclivity as far as the eye can reach, as if the city extended beyond the mountains into the far distance.

From Letters of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy from Italy and Switzerland by Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix