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cloudfall

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English Etymology Noun

Thumb — Cloudfall at the Cumbre Nueva, La Palma, Canary Islands

Etymology

From cloud +‎ fall, modelled after waterfall.

Noun

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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