zawnhttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zawn_n%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezawn, n.
First published 2008

zawnnoun

English regional (Cornwall).
  1. 1865–
    A fissure or cave in a coastal cliff.
    1. 1865
      The blue flames reached the top of the ‘Zawn’.
      R. Hunt, Popular Romances W. Eng 281
    2. 1955
      A..rock platform commands an impressive view down the serrated length of the ridge on one side and has a..sheer drop down into a zawn on the other.
      M. E. B. Banks, Commando Climber i. 15
    3. 2001
      Above vertiginous zawns the path past Morvah is overgrown, untrodden for three months, almost indiscernible.
      Guardian (Nexis) 27 June

zawn, n. was first published in December 2008.

zawn, n. was last modified in March 2024.