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outfall en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ˈaʊtˌfɔl/ (General-American)
  • /ˈaʊtˌfɑl/ (cot-caught-merger)
  • (US) audio

Etymology

From Middle English outfallen, equivalent to out- + fall. Compare Dutch uitvallen (“to fall out, sally”), German ausfallen (“to fall out, lunge”), Swedish utfalla (“to fall out”).

Meanings

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To burst forth, as upon an enemy; make a sally.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
outfalls Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
outfallen Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
outfell Tense=Past lexicographic
outfalling Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

outfall en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /ˈaʊtˌfɔl/ (General-American)
  • /ˈaʊtˌfɑl/ (cot-caught-merger)
  • (US) audio

Etymology

From out- + fall. Compare Dutch uitval (“outburst, sally, eruption”), German Ausfall (“falling out, sally”), Swedish utfall (“sally, issue”).

Meanings

  1. (obsolete) A sudden eruption of troops from a fortified place; sally.
  2. (dialectal) A quarrel; a falling out.
  3. The point or place of discharge of a river, drain, culvert, sewer, etc.; mouth; embouchure.
    • West of Keswick a short descent at 1 in 122 brings the train down to the low-lying and marshy ground between Derwentwater and Bassenthwaite Lake and to the crossing of the Derwent - the outfall from Derwentwater, [...]. 1961 October, Voyageur, “The Cockermouth, Keswick & Penrith Railway”, in Trains Illustrated, page 601:
    • The rules focus primarily on two crucial operating features: seawater intakes and outfalls. 2014 October 18, Matt Weiser, “Could desalination solve California’s water problem?”, in The Sacramento Bee, retrieved 20150315:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
outfalls Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

flapped outfall · outfall sewer · sea outfall