crevasse Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a deep fissure

WordNet

Cre`vasse" noun
Etymology
F. See Crevice.
Definitions
  1. A deep crevice or fissure, as in embankment; one of the clefts or fissure by which the mass of a glacier is divided.
  2. A breach in the levee or embankment of a river, caused by the pressure of the water, as on the lower Mississippi. U.S.

Webster 1913