kloof

Now we came to a deep "kloof" or cleft in the steep mountain-side, at the bottom of which, half hidden by the masses of ferns and rich rank greenery, trickled a little stream; now to an open space of rough ground, covered only with huge, weather-washed boulders.

Cetywayo and his White Neighbours Remarks on Recent Events in Zululand, Natal, and the Transvaal Henry Rider Haggard 1890

A kloof, in the South African language of Afrikaans, is a canyon.

Between a Rock and a Waterfall Peter Wonacott 2011

European settlers often broke away from the wagon tracks to kloof, helping fill out blank swaths of 19th- and early 20th-century maps.

Between a Rock and a Waterfall Peter Wonacott 2011

Wayne Du Plooy European settlers often broke away from the wagon tracks to kloof, helping fill out blank swaths of 19th- and early 20th-century maps.

Up and Down Canyons 2011

Once, in a kloof not far from the Letaba, I killed a fine leopard, bringing him down with a single shot from a rocky shelf almost on the top of Colin.

Prester John 2005

What did surprise Ki-Gor was the fact that the Ubangi archers had arrived at the kloof ahead of them.

Death Stalks The Ruins Adams, Stephen 2005

Once Laputa checked me with his hand as I was going to speak, and in silence we crossed the kloof of a little stream.

Prester John 2005

Knowing Julebba's vindictive jealousy and hatred of Helene, he dare not let her be carried into the kloof without him.

Death Stalks The Ruins Adams, Stephen 2005

I saw quite clear the red kloof on the far side, where the collar was hid.

Prester John 2005

With my wrist-rope in his hand, he preceded me down the hill till we got to the red screes at the foot of the kloof.

Prester John 2005