cloudfall
English
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.