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cliff cave en · NOUN
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A natural rock shelter, sea cave, or man-made dwelling carved into the vertical face of a cliff and rock formation, ranging from ancient, historic cliff dwellings to dynamic coastal sea caves accessible by hiking or kayaking.
The wildest of British wild sports is the pursuit of the seal in the almost inaccessible cliff-caves to which it at times resorts.
1904, John Tregarthen, “CHAPTER XIV: A MIDNIGHT VISIT TO THE SEAL-CAVES”, in Wild Life at the Land's End, Project Gutenberg:
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