Crevasse

Webster's Condensed Dictionary- A Condensed Dictionary of the English Language · 1909 · p. 139

kre-vas', n. A crevice or split, as in a gla- cier; a breach in the levee or embankment of a river. [OF., fr. crever, to cleave, burst asunder, L. crepare, to crackle, burst.] — Crevice, n. A narrow_opening from a split; a cleft; fi ure; rent.