English Cloudfall at the Cumbre Nueva, La Palma, Canary Islands Etymology From cloud + fall, modelled after waterfall. Noun cloudfall (plural cloudfalls) The flow of a cloud over a mountain ridge or cliff. 1965, Flying Magazine, page 72:Do not fly on a level with the foehnwall, or cap cloud, which lingers somewhere near the altitude of the mountain crest, and then pours in a cloudfall over the edge.
