coign

1.a point of vantage (=a coign(e) of vantage; vantage-ground)

上风;有利地位

2.They take me for a dun, peer out from a coign of vantage.

他们以为讨债的来了，就从安全的地朝外窥伺。

3.People stood at every coign of vantage on both sides of the road to watch the gala parade.

们站在大路两边每个便于观看的地点来观看节日游行。