English Explanatory Dictionary

cluse

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A defile or narrow gorge, especially one that cuts transversely through the rock of an otherwise continuous ridge.

Pronunciation

/kluz/

Word forms

cluse cluses

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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