leafmeal

leafmeal

English

Etymology 1

From leaf +‎ -meal.

Adverb

leafmeal (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) One leaf at a time; leaf by leaf.
   • Gerard Manley Hopkins, Spring and Fall

     By and by, nor spare a sigh / Though worlds of wanwood leafmeal lie […]

Etymology 2

From leaf +‎ meal, modelled after leafmould.

Noun

leafmeal (uncountable)

1. A feed or meal, particularly for animals, consisting chiefly of decayed vegetable matter, especially leaves.