Byfall
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Byfall is a noun meaning A falling about; an incidental accessory or accretion; a happenstance; occurrence; instance.
Meaning
A falling about; an incidental accessory or accretion; a happenstance; occurrence; instance.
More Meanings
- A fall of water, usually lesser in size, near to or beside a larger, more predominant waterfall.
Example Sentences
The ceremonies are as it were an income or a byfall.
There was the small byfall to which I have referred; there was the weir proper; there was a broadish lasher, the whole between them making a very fair description of tumbling bay, flanked by strong, individual streams.
Word Forms
- byfalls
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include leaf-fall, fall-out, falloff, treefall, fogfall, flaw.
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