undercliff
nounEtymology From under- + cliff.
1
A subordinate cliff on a shore, consisting of material that has fallen from the higher cliff above.
- Between Folkestone and Dover, the main line of the Southern Region crosses a two-mile stretch of undercliff known as Folkestone Warren.1954 September, “Coast Erosion Works in Folkestone Warren”, in Railway Magazine, page 601:
- Related terms
- The Undercliff