clift
noun
clift
1 American
[klift]
/ klɪft /
noun
South Midland U.S.
Clift
2
American
[klift]
/ klɪft /
noun
Etymology
Origin of clift
1350–1400; Middle English, alteration of cliff (perhaps by influence of cleft 1 )
Example Sentences
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It’s all dangerous ’long here; and Master Shackle wouldn’t let young Ram here go along these here clift slopes without me to take care on him.”
From Cutlass and Cudgel by Schonberg, J.
"Hither extendeth Maud Heath's gift, For where I stand is Chippenham clift."
From Notes and Queries, Number 217, December 24, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various
I said it went to the top of the clift.
From The Daughter of Anderson Crow by McCutcheon, George Barr
I fell over a rock clift twenty feet down, and if ’t hadn’t been for the laurel I’d a-bruk some bones.
From Our Southern Highlanders by Kephart, Horace
We had been carried into a clift where there is a coastguard station; and the good men had come down and were helping us on shore.
From Modern Broods by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
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