north. dial. [cf. ON. klauf cloven hoof, Da. klov claw, hoof; also CLOVE sb.1 3.]
1500–20. Dunbar, Thistle & Rose, 99. This Lady liftit up his [the lion’s] cluvis.
1513. Douglas, Æneis, XIII. ii. 14. The bustuus swyne That wyth thar clovis [ed. 1710 clufis] can the erd smyte.
1851. Cumberland Gloss., Cluves, hoofs of horses or cows.
1872. J. G. Murphy, Comm., Lev. xi. 3, 144. The hoof is severed into cloofs.
