The glowing coals, having caused the fall of layers of decayed wood, cleaned out the interior splendidly, and its appearance delighted Stas, for it was as wide as a large room and could have given shelter not merely to four persons, but to ten men.
"In Desert and Wilderness"
Henryk Sienkiewicz
These rocks, as we have seen, are arranged in more or less thick layers or beds, which are piled one on the top of the other.
"Geology"
James Geikie
He could see it, he fancied, gathering in thick brown layers upon the pavement, shining and glistening as it mounted, slipping in streams into the gutter, sweeping about the foundations of the houses, climbing perhaps, one day, to the very windows.
"Fortitude"
Hugh Walpole