Undercliff

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A subordinate cliff on a shore, consisting of material that has fallen from the higher cliff above.

    "Between Folkestone and Dover, the main line of the Southern Region crosses a two-mile stretch of undercliff known as Folkestone Warren."

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"Between Folkestone and Dover, the main line of the Southern Region crosses a two-mile stretch of undercliff known as Folkestone Warren."

Etymology

From under- + cliff.

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