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Meaning of byfall | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. A falling about; an incidental accessory or accretion; a happenstance; occurrence; instance.
  2. A fall of water, usually lesser in size, near to or beside a larger, more predominant waterfall.

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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