kloofn.

Brit.

/kluːf/, U.S.

/kluf/, South African English

/kluːf/,

/klʊəf/

Etymology: < Dutch kloof cleft: see clove n.⁵

In South Africa: A deep narrow valley; a ravine or gorge between mountains.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > landscape > low land > valley > [noun] > gorge or ravine

cloughc1330

heugha1400

straitc1400

gillc1440

gulfa1533

gull1553

gap1555

coomb1578

gullet1600

nick1606

goyle1617

gully1637

nullah1656

ravine1687

barrancaa1691

kloof1731

ravin1746

water gap1756

gorge1769

arroyo1777

quebrada1787

rambla1789

flume1792

linn1799

cañada1814

gulch1832

cañon1834

canyon1837

khud1837

couloir1855

draw1864

box canyon1869

sitch1888

tangi1901

opena1903

1731 G. Medley tr. P. Kolb Present State Cape Good-Hope II. 18 The Lion is separated from the Table-Hill by a small Kloof, as the Dutch call it, i.e. a Cleft or Descent.

1775 F. Masson in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 66 273 We ascended the mountains by an exceedingly steep rugged path, which the peasants call Hottentot Holland Kloof.

1834 T. Pringle Afr. Sketches v. 209 Lofty hills..broken by kloofs, or subsidiary dales.

1849 E. E. Napier Excursions Southern Afr. II. 20 On a nearer approach, dark glens and gloomy ‘kloofs’ are found to furrow the mountain sides.

attributive.1899 H. R. Haggard Swallow iv Her face was rich in hue as a kloof lily.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	kloof
释义	kloofn. Brit. /kluːf/, U.S. /kluf/, South African English /kluːf/, /klʊəf/ Etymology: < Dutch kloof cleft: see clove n.⁵ In South Africa: A deep narrow valley; a ravine or gorge between mountains. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > low land > valley > [noun] > gorge or ravine cloughc1330 heugha1400 straitc1400 gillc1440 gulfa1533 gull1553 gap1555 coomb1578 gullet1600 nick1606 goyle1617 gully1637 nullah1656 ravine1687 barrancaa1691 kloof1731 ravin1746 water gap1756 gorge1769 arroyo1777 quebrada1787 rambla1789 flume1792 linn1799 cañada1814 gulch1832 cañon1834 canyon1837 khud1837 couloir1855 draw1864 box canyon1869 sitch1888 tangi1901 opena1903 1731 G. Medley tr. P. Kolb Present State Cape Good-Hope II. 18 The Lion is separated from the Table-Hill by a small Kloof, as the Dutch call it, i.e. a Cleft or Descent. 1775 F. Masson in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 66 273 We ascended the mountains by an exceedingly steep rugged path, which the peasants call Hottentot Holland Kloof. 1834 T. Pringle Afr. Sketches v. 209 Lofty hills..broken by kloofs, or subsidiary dales. 1849 E. E. Napier Excursions Southern Afr. II. 20 On a nearer approach, dark glens and gloomy ‘kloofs’ are found to furrow the mountain sides. attributive.1899 H. R. Haggard Swallow iv Her face was rich in hue as a kloof lily. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1731
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