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zawn, n. Eng. regional (Cornwall).
Brit. |zɔːn|, U.S. |zɔn|, |zɑn|
[‹ Cornish sâwn cleft, fissure, ravine, cove (a 1709; also as sawan (1790)), cognate with Welsh safn mouth, jaws, palate (c 1275), Middle Breton staffn (Breton staoñ palate), probably ultimately > n.).]
A fissure or cave in a coastal cliff.
1865R. Hunt Pop. Romances W. Eng 281 The blue flames reached the top of the ‘Zawn’. 1955M. E. B. Banks Commando Climber i. 15 A..rock platform commands an impressive view down the serrated length of the ridge on one side and has a..sheer drop down into a zawn on the other. 2001Guardian (Nexis) 27 June Above vertiginous zawns the path past Morvah is overgrown, untrodden for three months, almost indiscernible. |