cloudfall

English

Cloudfall at the Cumbre Nueva, La Palma, Canary Islands

Etymology

From cloud +‎ fall, modelled after waterfall.

Noun

cloudfall (plural cloudfalls)

1. The flow of a cloud over a mountain ridge or cliff.
   • 1965, Flying Magazine, page 72:

     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.