Usage examples for facade:
-
From
the
sill
of
each
door-
of
fine
stone
worn
by
the
tread
of
centuries-
a
low
wall
about
three
feet
high
began;
in
this
wall
was
a
groove
or
slot,
repeated
above
in
the
beam
by
which
the
wall
of
each
facade
was
supported.
"The Village Rector", Honore de Balzac
-
In
fact,
if
you
fancy
Snow
Hill,
Holborn,
shrunk
to
about
a
quarter
of
its
width,
all
its
houses
reduced
to
much
such
a
condition
as
that
gaunt
corner-
building
which
for
years
past
has
excited
my
ungratified
curiosity;
Newgate
gaol
replaced
by
the
facade
of
a
dingy
Italian
church;
the
dimensions
of
the
locale
considerably
diminished;
and
a
small
section
of
the
dark
alleys
between
the
prison
and
Farringdon
Street,
bounded
by
the
Fleet-
ditch
uncovered;
you
will
have
a
very
fair
impression
of
the
town
of
Subiaco.
"Rome in 1860", Edward Dicey
-
The
tower
stood
in
the
middle
of
the
facade
on
the
courtyard,
which,
like
the
courtyards
of
all
provincial
houses,
was
narrow
and
dark.
"Maitre Cornelius", Honore de Balzac