Kloof
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /kluf/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Kloof is a noun meaning (South Africa) A deep glen or ravine.
Meaning
(South Africa) A deep glen or ravine.
Example Sentences
The grass is rich and matted, you cannot see the soil. It holds the rain and the mist, and they seep into the ground, feeding the streams in every kloof.
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.
Occasionally the narrow dirt road rose above the mist on the slopes of the high round hills, from where one looked down on the silver clouds in the valleys and kloofs below, a magical, incredible sight.
Word Forms
- kloofs
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include kloofing, sloot, sluit, vlakte, ouklip, klompie.
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