smokefall

smokefall

English

Etymology

From smoke +‎ fall.

Noun

smokefall (countable and uncountable, plural smokefalls)

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.

Translations

close of the day before nightfall, when fog comes

Arabic: غُرُوب‎ m (ḡurūb), عَشِيّ‎ m (ʿašiyy) Dutch: schemermist m, avondmist m French: tombée de la brume (fr) f

soot fallout from a cloud of smoke

Arabic: سُخَام‎ m (suḵām) French: retombées de suie f pl, retombées de suies f pl, retombée de suie f, retombée de suies f

artificial waterfall of smoke for shows

Arabic: عَرْضُ دُخَان‎ m (ʿarḍu duḵān), عَرْضُ شَلَّال‎ m (ʿarḍu šallāl) Dutch: rookwaterval m French: cascade de vapeur f, cascade de vapeur d'azote f

See also

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