cluse

== English == === 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”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kluz/ === Noun === cluse (plural cluses) A defile or narrow gorge, especially one that cuts transversely through the rock of an otherwise continuous ridge. 2024, Kholoud Kahime, Mohamed El Yamani, Stéphane Pouffary, Climate Change Effects and Sustainability Needs, page 83: […] cut by the wadis of the Atlas which gave birth to very steep cluses (Lechhab 1991). == French == === Etymology === From Latin clusa. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /klyz/ === Noun === cluse f (plural cluses) water gap defile === Further reading === “cluse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Latin == === Participle === clūse vocative masculine singular of clūsus == Old English == === Alternative forms === clūs === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *klūsā. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkluː.se/, [ˈkluː.ze] === Noun === clūse f bar, bolt enclosure a narrow pass or passageway cell; prison dam ==== Declension ==== Weak n-stem: ==== Derived terms ==== mynsterclūse ==== Related terms ==== beclȳsan clȳsan forclȳsan ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: cluse, clouse, clowse