DCHP-1 Online
cut-rock West 
n. the steep side of a river channel through rocky terrain.
See also: cutbank (def. 2)
- 1908 There, the cut rocks, steep as a wall and sharp as knives, crowded the pack horses to the edge of bottomless precipices where one misstep meant instant death for rider and horse.
- 1926 Each day Tom McKay with his band of hunters scoured the cut-rocks [for beaver]. . . .
- 1908 There, the cut rocks, steep as a wall and sharp as knives, crowded the pack horses to the edge of bottomless precipices where one misstep meant instant death for rider and horse.