Definition of "reft" in Englisch

verb

1. simple past and past participle of reave

noun

1. A chink; a rift.

   • 1894, Ivan Dexter, Talmud: A Strange Narrative of Central Australia, published in serial form in Port Adelaide News and Lefevre's Peninsula Advertiser (SA), Chapter VII, http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks16/1600641.txt Now and again through a reft in the smoke a gleam of sunshine could be seen striking the rocks on the great peak to the west, but it had little or no effect in the gorge.