‖ klomp S. Afr.
(klɒmp)
Also clompie, clumpjie, klompie, klompje, klumpjie.
[Afrikaans, f. Du. klomp: see clump n.]
A group, esp. of animals.
| 1853 W. R. King Campaigning in Kaffirland 215 Even at three quarters of a mile, we were able to disperse small ‘clumpjies’ of Kaffirs and cattle. 1861 T. Baines Jrnl. 25 Nov. in Explor. S.-W. Afr. (1864) ix. 241 Snyman also saw nothing except one ‘klumpjie’ of kameels. 1896 H. A. Bryden Tales S. Afr. 70 Rather suddenly we came upon a klompje of giraffe. 1920 F. C. Cornell Glamour of Prospecting xi. 170 Next day we were off well before sun-up, anxious to shoot something for the pot, but it was not till late in the afternoon that Poulley spotted a klomp of springbok. 1937 S. Cloete Turning Wheels xxviii. 434 We saw some of them [sc. cattle]..a big clompie of a thousand head or more. 1963 ― Rags of Glory v. 44 Great klompies of them [sc. stallions] could live together with hardly a serious quarrel till a female came along. |