Obs. rare. [f. CLEFT + -URE.] State of being cleft; concr. a cleft, fissure.
1545. Raynold, Byrth Mankynde, III. iii. 122. Of … clefture, chappynge or chynynge of the mouthe.
1596. Edward III., III. i. 36. The cranny’d cleftures of the through-shot planks.
