What does "cleft" mean?

Cleft: Divided; split; partly divided or split.

Additional senses

  1. 2.(Bot.) Incised nearly to the midrob; as, a cleft leaf.
  2. 3.A space or opening made by splitting; a crack; a crevice; as, the cleft of a rock. Is. ii.
  3. 4.2. A piece made by splitting; as, a cleft of wood.
  4. 5.(Far.) A disease in horses; a crack on the band of the pastern. Branchial clefts. See under Branchial.

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