In rereading one of my Laurie King books, I have twice come upon the word clitter. It is used to describe the ground immediately around the character, and I gather that it means something like a jumble of rocks. Has anyone else come across, or use, this word?

Brit. dial.

= CLATTER n.2

1884 Illust. Lond. News, Christm. No. 23/2 They might have taken shelter among a ‘clitter’ of rocks somewhere.


well, leaving no stones unturned, clatter is "A mass of loose boulders or shattered stones; so called on Dartmoor."

I always think of the word clitter in conjunction with slope, that is, "clitter slope", which means, I think, a hillside strewn with rocks.

clatter is "A mass of loose boulders or shattered stones; so called on Dartmo

B&M OED lists clitter as a variant of this meaning of clatter.

Thanks, you-all (she said, idiotismically for here); and holy cow, Laurie King really knows her stuff and/or does her homework: this book takes place in Dartmoor. It's the only one of hers (so far) that does, and I don't think she uses clitter in any of her other books. (She's not British, as far as I know.)

Adjective form: "clitterous?"

> clitterous

oh, I think the weather's going to get just a bit moore inclement after that one...

Insel, come here a minute, will you? I have something for you.

oh, I think the weather's going to get just a bit moore inclement after that one...

inclement clark moore? (bar t'hat)