noun.
A space or opening made by cleavage; a crevice; a fissure; a furrow; a rift; a chink.
noun.
. The point where the legs are joined to the body; the crotch.
noun.
3. That which is cloven; a cloven hoof.
noun.
A disease of horses characterized by a crack on the bend of the pastern.
noun.
A piece made by splitting: as, a cleft of wood.
noun.
Preterit and past participle of cleave.
Split; divided; cloven.
In botany, divided half-way down or somewhat further, with narrow or acute sinuses between the lobes: applied to a lobed leaf, calyx, etc.