Cre-vāsse′, n.

n. [Fr. crevasse, Lat. as if crepacea, from crepax, crepacis, cracking, bursting, from crepare, to crack, to burst; Fr. crever. See CREPANCE.]

1. A deep crevice or split; one of the clefts by which the mass of a glacier is divided.
2. A breach in the levee or embankment of a river. [U. S.]