berm

1. A narrow ledge or shelf, as along the top or bottom of a slope.

   бе́рмаbérma

   a narrow ledge or shelf typically at the top or bottom of a slope

2. A raised bank or path, especially the bank of a canal opposite the towpath.

   Bankett

3. (Australia)One of the flat terraces on the slope of an open-pit mine.

4. A terrace or shelf of sand along a beach, formed above the high tide water level by wave action.

   On some beaches, the berm grows higher in summer and flattens out in the rougher winter seas.

5. A long mound or bank of earth, used especially as a barrier or to provide insulation.

   A berm separates the Moroccan-controlled and Polisario-controlled parts of Western Sahara.

6. (Canada, US)A small wall along the edge of a bench of an open-pit mine, intended to prevent items falling over the crest.

7. A ledge between the parapet and the moat in a fortification.

8. (New Zealand, Pennsylvania)A strip of land between a street and sidewalk.

9. (Pennsylvania, Western)The edge of a road.

   a narrow edge of land (usually unpaved) along the side of a road

1. Nietzsche spoke of "Übermenschen," not "Übermänner," so your supermen and overmen can go sit on a fencepost.

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