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ˈoutfall
[out- 7.]
†1. A sally or sortie from a camp or fortified place. (Cf. Du. uitval, † uutval, Ger. ausfall.) See fall out c. Obs.
1637R. Monro Exped. i. 11 The first night, the Major made an out-fall. [1891Cornh. Mag. Oct. 416 His whole life was spent in raids and outfalls upon the Brabanters.]
2. The act of falling out; a quarrel. (See fall out d.) Sc. or north. dial.
16..in Pennant Tour in Scot. 1769 App. (1776) 330 They rysed a cry, as if it hade been upon some out fall among these people. 1825Brockett N.C. Gloss., Out-fall, a quarrel, a misunderstanding.
3. a. The outlet or mouth of a river, drain, sewer, etc., where it falls into the sea, lake, etc.
1629Drayner Conf. (1647) B iv, The out falls of Wisbich and Spalding being daily more and more choaked with sands from the sea. a1634Chapman Rev. for Honour iii. ii, Rivers with greedier speed run neere their out-falls, than at their springs. 1783Phil. Trans. LXXIV. 8 It is probable, that..the river Medway..had once an out-fall to the sea. 1833Tennyson Lady of Shalott, As when to sailors while they roam, By creeks and outfalls far from home. 1869E. A. Parkes Pract. Hygiene (ed. 3) 343 Good sewers, and a proper outfall.
attrib.1807Vancouver Agric. Devon (1813) 285 Convenient situations for forming outfal-drains. 1894Westm. Gaz. 15 Jan. 1/3 To carry away the sewage to outfall works.
b. fig. Outlet, channel of disposal.
1883Mrs. E. Lynn Linton Ione I. iv. 77 At a time when costly fancies were the legitimate outfalls of his wealth. 1933Catholic Bulletin Mar. 182 In The Commonweal, Padraic Colum..now finds a suitable outfall for his anti-Irish spate. |