клеть

nounfemininecountablevery rarely used (#39495)old-fashioned noun in -ь

1.
storeroom, closet, pantry
Зерно хранили в кле́ти.
The grain was kept in the storeroom.
a type of unheated storage room or small storage building in traditional Russian architecture
2.
cage (of a mine hoist), hoist cagemining
Шахтёры спустились в кле́ти под землю.
The miners went down into the mine in the cage.
3.
(rare) cribbing, log framework, cribconstruction
Брёвна сложили в кле́ть.
The logs were stacked into a square framework.

Examples

Клеть доставила рабочих на-гора вовремя.
The mine cage brought the workers to the surface on time.
Продукты хранили в холодной клети.
They stored the food in a cold storeroom.
Клеть шахты быстро опустилась вниз.
The mine cage quickly descended.
В деревне у нас есть старая клеть.
We have an old storage shed in the village.