smokefall

English

Etymology

From smoke +‎ fall

Noun

smokefall (plural not attested)

1. The close of the day before nightfall, when fog comes.
   • 1935: T.S. Eliot, Four Quartets, "Burnt Norton" (possible neologism)

     The moment in the draughty church at smokefall

2. The soot fallout from a cloud of smoke.
   • 1985: T.S. Ledley and S.L. Thompson, Potential effect of nuclear war smokefall on sea ice (apparent neologism)

     The largest sea ice perturbations are generated by smokefall in spring.

3. An artificial waterfall of smoke for shows; a smoke fall.

Translations

close of the day before nightfall, when fog comes

• Dutch: schemermist m, avondmist m
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• French: tombée de la brume (fr) f

soot fallout from a cloud of smoke

• French: retombées de suie f pl, retombées de suies f pl, retombée de suie f, retombée de suies f
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artificial waterfall of smoke for shows

• Dutch: rookwaterval m
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• French: cascade de vapeur f, cascade de vapeur d’azote f

See also

• crepuscule
• dusk
• evenfall
• fogfall
• gloaming
• nightfall
• soot fallout
• sunset
• twilight