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fall of the leaf

fall of the leaf noun: the time of the year when deciduous trees shed their leaves in temperate climates; (more generally) autumn.

Noun

fall of the leaf

  1. (archaic) The time of the year when deciduous trees shed their leaves in temperate climates; (more generally) autumn.
    • […] I would wyshe you to suffer none of the guelders to take your Coltes in hande onles it be in the sprynge, as in May, or in the beginning of Iune, or els about the fall of the leafe […]1566, Thomas Blundeville, chapter 17, in The Fower Chiefyst Offices Belongyng to Horsemanshippe, London: William Seres
    • Hip[polito]. […] I was not so much a foole to marry, till my time were come,
      Cour[tier]. What time?
      Hip[polito]. Why the fall of the leafe, when my Summer is over […]1640, James Shirley, Loves Crueltie, London: Andrew Crooke, Act I

Questions about fall of the leaf

What does fall of the leaf mean?
Fall of the leaf means the time of the year when deciduous trees shed their leaves in temperate climates; (more generally) autumn.
What part of speech is fall of the leaf?
Fall of the leaf is a noun.

Words near fall of the leaf in the dictionary

  1. fall into the wrong hands
  2. fall line
  3. fall lines
  4. fall of man
  5. fall of shot
  6. fall of the leaf
  7. fall of the wall
  8. fall of wicket
  9. fall off
  10. fall off a cliff
  11. fall off a truck

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