falaise

falaise, n.


1. (escarpement, à-pic) cli(o)f/cleof/clyf (nt.) > a.m. cliff, v.n. klif, v.h.a. clep > all.m. Klippe, v.s. klif (nt.) ♦ ecgclif (nt.) ♦ stānclif (nt.) ♦ stānhliþ (nt. a) ♦ stānscylf (m.) ♦ stæþhlȳpe/stæþhlīpe (f.) ♦ weal(l) (m. a) > a.m. wall, v.s. wal, v.fr. wal.


2.
(AU BORD DE LA MER) brimclif (nt.) ♦ cli(o)f ← ♦ holmclif (nt.), v.s. holomklif ♦ sǣbeorg/sǣbeorh (m. a) ♦ sǣclif (nt.) ♦ sǣweall (m. a) ♦ stæþweall (m. a) ♦ weallclif (nt.). falaise en surplomb hengeclif (nt.). haute falaise hēahclif (nt.).