Etymology

randkluft

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Today it means: The headwall gap between a glacier or snowfield and the adjacent rock face at the back of the cirque or, more loosely, between the rock face and the side of the glacier. Full definition →

German Randkluft
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  1. German · borrowed fromRandkluft
  2. English todayrandkluft

Borrowed from German Randkluft, from Rand (“edge, brink, rim”) + Kluft (“cleft, fissure, joint”).

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