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Cloudfall
at the Cumbre Nueva, La Palma, Canary Islands
Etymology
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From
cloud
+
fall
, modelled after
waterfall
.
Noun
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cloudfall
(
plural
cloudfalls
)
The
flow
of a
cloud
over a mountain ridge or cliff.
1965
,
Flying Magazine
, page
72
:
Do not fly on a level with the foehnwall, or cap cloud, which lingers somewhere near the altitude of the mountain crest, and then pours in a
cloudfall
over the edge.
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