zawnn.

Brit.

/zɔːn/, U.S.

/zɔn/,

/zɑn/

Origin: A borrowing from Cornish. Etymon: Cornish sâwn.

Etymology: < Cornish sâwn cleft, fissure, ravine, cove (a1709; also as sawan (1790)), cognate with Welsh safn mouth, jaws, palate (c1275), Middle Breton staffn (Breton staoñ palate), probably ultimately < the same Indo-European base as ancient Greek στόμα mouth (see stoma n.).

English regional (Cornwall).

A fissure or cave in a coastal cliff.

ΚΠ

1865 R. Hunt Pop. Romances W. Eng 281 The blue flames reached the top of the ‘Zawn’.

1955 M. E. B. Banks Commando Climber i. 15 A..rock platform commands an impressive view down the serrated length of the ridge on one side and has a..sheer drop down into a zawn on the other.

2001 Guardian (Nexis) 27 June Above vertiginous zawns the path past Morvah is overgrown, untrodden for three months, almost indiscernible.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	zawn
释义	zawnn. Brit. /zɔːn/, U.S. /zɔn/, /zɑn/ Origin: A borrowing from Cornish. Etymon: Cornish sâwn. Etymology: < Cornish sâwn cleft, fissure, ravine, cove (a1709; also as sawan (1790)), cognate with Welsh safn mouth, jaws, palate (c1275), Middle Breton staffn (Breton staoñ palate), probably ultimately < the same Indo-European base as ancient Greek στόμα mouth (see stoma n.). English regional (Cornwall). A fissure or cave in a coastal cliff. ΚΠ 1865 R. Hunt Pop. Romances W. Eng 281 The blue flames reached the top of the ‘Zawn’. 1955 M. E. B. Banks Commando Climber i. 15 A..rock platform commands an impressive view down the serrated length of the ridge on one side and has a..sheer drop down into a zawn on the other. 2001 Guardian (Nexis) 27 June Above vertiginous zawns the path past Morvah is overgrown, untrodden for three months, almost indiscernible. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1865
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