1942 R. A. Daly i. 10 The continental shelf..and slope together make the composite surface of a great three-dimensional bench which is conveniently named the continental terrace.
1955 Mar. 82/1 This underwater borderland between continent and ocean, called the continental terrace, is a shelf of varying width—from a few tens of miles to as much as 300 or 400 miles off some coasts. At its seaward edge it pitches steeply into the deep ocean basin.