English

Verb

tocleave ‎(third-person singular simple present tocleaves, present participle tocleaving, simple past toclove or tocleft or tocleaved, past participle tocloven or tocleft or tocleaved)

1. (transitive, dialectal, obsolete) To divide; split open; cleave asunder.
2. (intransitive, dialectal, obsolete) To split apart; break.

References

• tocleave in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911