cluse
Pronunciation: /kluz/
The English word “cluse” has 1 meaning listed here.
noun
- A defile or narrow gorge, especially one that cuts transversely through the rock of an otherwise continuous ridge.
Etymology
In many cases, italicized as a borrowing of French cluse. In Early Modern texts, possibly a continuation of Middle English cluse, Old English clūse (“narrow pass”).
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