verge

The shoulders are graded and the verges cleared well back to lessen the chances of hitting stray stock.

I was on the verge of tears.

The inclusive verge

Of golden metal that must round my brow.

The smaller ribs of tiles that run down to the eaves, along the ridges in a hip-roof, or border the verge in a gable-roof , often terminate in some ornamental tile in high-relief .