Kloof
//kluf// noun
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A deep glen or ravine. South-Africa
"Forming the south boundary of the valley is a range of disrupted bushy hills, with intervening deep and rugged kloofs and ravines, which constituted the retreat of Jan Pockbaas and his rebel banditti."
Example
More examples"Forming the south boundary of the valley is a range of disrupted bushy hills, with intervening deep and rugged kloofs and ravines, which constituted the retreat of Jan Pockbaas and his rebel banditti."
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch kloof (“ravine”) (South Africa). Doublet of clove.
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