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ˈwind-fallen, a.
[f. as prec. + fallen ppl. a.]
Blown down by the wind.
1612Drayton Poly-olb. xiii. 182 To gather wind-falne sticks. a1678in Evelyn's Pomona 406 That the Fruit be carefully gather'd, not windfall'n nor bruis'd. 1792J. Belknap Hist. New Hampsh. III. 155 They take advantage of wind⁓fallen trees. 1836C. P. Traill Backw. Canada 201 Some of the stumps of these wind-fallen trees.
fig.1563Winȝet tr. Vincent. Lirin. Ded., Wks. II. 10 Ane of our windfallin brethir, laitlie snapperit in the cummerance of Caluin. 1660Tatham Rump ii. i. 18 Lady Bertlam. 'Twill get her nothing, She beats against the Wind. Prissilla. She's Wind fall'n. |