cloudfall

noun

cloudfall

noun

Etymology From cloud + fall, modelled after waterfall.

1

The flow of a cloud over a mountain ridge or cliff.

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.1965, Flying Magazine, page 72:

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