kloof

[kloof]

noun

1. (in South Africa) a deep glen; ravine.

kloof

/ kluːf /

noun

1. a mountain pass or gorge in southern Africa

Word History and Origins

Origin of kloof¹

1725–35; < Afrikaans; akin to cleave ²

Word History and Origins

Origin of kloof¹

C18: from Afrikaans, from Middle Dutch clove a cleft; see _cleave ¹

Example Sentences

We moved up somewhat nearer to the footpath and spent the night at the foot of precipitous mountains in a beautiful kloof.

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We off-saddled, and soon the mantle of night hid not only the grand views of mountain and kloof, but also the sad spectacle of panic and confusion.

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What beautiful views of kloof, valley, and mountain presented themselves everywhere!

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The troops lying in garrison there immediately retreated to Lelyhoek, a beautifully cultivated rocky kloof near to the town.

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It flew just too high, fortunately, over the heads of the throng of burghers, and burst in the kloof behind them.

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