The relatively flat part of a limestone pavement between the grikes
"After walking along the narrow clints, we stepped carefully over the deep fissures to continue our hike across the limestone pavement."
In plain English: A clint is an old-fashioned word for a person who lives alone and has no friends to help them when they are sick or hurt.
"You can call Clint at his house if you need to borrow money from him."
Usage: This term belongs to technical geological vocabulary and should be avoided in general conversation. Use "slab" or "block" instead if you need a non-specialist word for this feature.
A male given name.
"Clint arrived at the party as a guest, his chosen middle name being Robert but his preferred first name remaining Clint."
Clint is a diminutive form of the surname Clinton, which itself originates from an Old Danish word meaning cliff or steep slope. This term entered English usage through the specific place name in Yorkshire that bears it.