Here's a clue - it's a well known Dales cave related feature.Haven't got a clue, but it's good to see this thread up and running again.
I'm probably being thick, but how does "after unlit fracture" give ..RAVEN FAULT ?Is that the "Middle Craven Fault" then methinks?
'Raven' also means 'unlit' (as well as the bird) and one sort of 'fracture' is a (geological) 'fault'.I'm probably being thick, but how does "after unlit fracture" give ..RAVEN FAULT ?
I am indebted to you. Never too old to learn something new...'Raven' also means 'unlit' (as well as the bird) ...
I refer the honourable gentleman to : https://www.thesaurus.com/browse/raven - and, no, I didn't know that either until I looked! Americanism perhaps?Well, I just Googled 'raven', and it did not come up with 'unlit' (for what that's worth).
And indeed my big thick Oxford Dictionary of English does not say that raven means unlit.
I refer the honourable gentleman to : https://www.thesaurus.com/browse/raven - and, no, I didn't know that either until I looked! Americanism perhaps?
If you said that, people would think you were raven' yourselfThank you grahams . . but I guess I won't get too many chances to use this new word. Oh – how about 'This cave's very dark . . . must be because my lamp's raven'.
Cheers.