Obs. [prob. a. ON. klofi cleft, split, groove = OHG. chlobo, MHG. klobe:—OTeut. kloƀon- f. root of CLEAVE v.1 Cf. CLOF.] A cleft or split.
1593. Rites & Mon. Ch. Durh. (1842), 80. A paynted staffe, with a forke or clove on the upper end of the staffe, which clove was lyned with softe silke and soft downe.
