overfalln.

Brit.

/ˈəʊvəfɔːl/, U.S.

/ˈoʊvərˌfɔl/,

/ˈoʊvərˌfɑl/

Forms: see over- prefix and fall n.²

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, fall n.²

Etymology: < over- prefix + fall n.², perhaps after to fall over at fall v. Phrasal verbs 1 or overfall v.

1. Frequently in plural. A turbulent stretch of sea or water with short breaking waves, caused by a strong current or tide flowing over a submarine ridge or shoal, or by the meeting of contrary currents. Also in extended use.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > wave > movement of waves > [noun] > overfall

overfall1542

rip1775

rip tide1862

1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 119 b A daungerous goulfe, makyng sore ouerfalles by reason of the meetyng of soondry streames in one pointe.

1589 Voy. W. Towrson in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations i. 113 Certaine Currants, which did set to the West Southwestward so fast as if it had bene the ouerfall of a sand, making a great noyse like vnto a streame or tyde gate when the water is shoale.

1633 T. James Strange Voy. 40 We..came amongst many strange races, and ouer-falles.

1726 G. Shelvocke Voy. round World xii. 386 The frightful riplings and over-falls of the water.

1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson iii. ii. 315 This tide runs at first with a vast head and overfall of water.

1774 M. Mackenzie Treat. Maritim Surv. Pl. iv Overfalls; or rough, breaking Seas.

1867 J. MacGregor Voy. Alone in Rob Roy v. 75 All over the British Channel there are patches of sand, shingle, or rock, which..cause the tide-stream even without any wind to rush over them with great eddies and confused babbling waves... These places are called..in some charts, ‘overfalls’.

1878 H. A. Giles Gloss. Subj. Far East 27 Chow-chow water,..an overfall of water produced by strong currents dangerous to small boats.

1947 A. C. Douglas Gliding & Adv. Soaring i. 32 The cloud currents, the heat turbulence, high winds and mountain overfalls, which the aeroplane pilot finds so unpleasant or even dangerous, are regarded by the sail~plane pilot as friends, not as enemies.

1975 J. R. L. Anderson Death in North Sea viii. 139 There were two main tidal streams... They might run up to about two knots, with a somewhat faster rate by some overfalls off Spurn Head.

1991 Motor Boat & Yachting June 60/2 You'll need to be pretty sure of your position to avoid the overfalls.

2. A waterfall; a rapid.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > waterfall > [noun]

linnc975

waterfallOE

fallc1350

spout1534

waterspout1560

overfall1596

force1600

sault1600

watershoot1669

cascade1671

leap1796

chute1805

water wall1847

1596 W. Raleigh Discoverie Guiana (new ed.) 67 Marched ouer land to view the strange ouerfals of the riuer of Caroli, which rored so farre of... There appeared some ten or twelve ouerfals in sight, every one as high ouer the other as a Church tower.

1600 J. Pory tr. J. Leo Africanus Geogr. Hist. Afr. Introd. 44 It is reported that Nilus doth the like at his Cataracts or ouerfals.

1613 R. Harcourt Relation Voy. Guiana 40 I trauelled up the riuer of Wiapoco, to view the over~falles.

1811 D. Buchan in K. Winter Shananditti (1975) ii. 24 This day's distance is estimated at eleven miles allowing seven from the island..up to the overfall.

1921 H. Guthrie-Smith Tutira i. 5 A meandering serpentine creek..which..breaks into a series of overfalls.

1977 V. Butleer Sposin' I dies in D'Dory 64 We anchored the boat in Sandy Harbour and went to the overfall at the mouth of the river in the skiff.

1991 Canoeist (BNC) Oct. 22 Break out from the lagoon into an overfall from the rack on the left.

†3. A sudden drop in the sea bottom, as at the edge of a submarine terrace or ledge. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > region of sea or ocean > [noun] > undersea ledge

ledge1555

overfall1617

1617 T. Bonner Jrnl. (1971) 208 Beinge a litle to[o] far of[f] I came to a great over fall and had but 14 fathom and as soone as I was past it I had no ground.

1798 S. Wilcocke in Naval Chron. (1799) 2 61 It is broken ground, and overfalls of about half a fathom, every cast of the lead.

1804 A. Duncan Mariner's Chron. I. 300 I heard that he had very great overfalls, from twenty seven to thirteen fathoms at one cast, when he was standing in the bay towards the village of Felix.

1817 Chron. in Ann. Reg. 562/2 The channel..is perfectly clear of shoals, but the overfalls are sudden from 15 to 21 and 12 to 7 fathoms.

1860 R. F. Burton in Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 1859 29 236 The shingly shore shelves rapidly, without steps or overfalls, into blue water.

4. A structure in a canal, dam, etc., to allow the water to overflow when it reaches a certain level, or to keep the water up to the required level.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > body of water > channel of water > [noun] > navigable waterway > canal > other structures in canals

overfall1764

aqueduct1791

tail-cut1791

waste-weir1793

boatlift1839

berm-bank1854

tail-bay1856

the world > the earth > water > lake > pool > [noun] > artificially confined water > contrivance for impounding water > weir > types of

mill weirlOE

foot weirc1474

kiddle1477

rowte weir1584

catchwater drain1744

carry1753

dam-head1762

overfall1764

gauge-weir1791

shutter weir1880

1764 J. Smeaton Reports I. 133 A fixed over-fall or weir.

1791 W. Jessop Rep. River Witham 15 Culverts and Overfalls, £90.

1805 Z. Allnutt Considerations Navigation Thames 22 The new constructed open Weir at Windsor,..it will be perceived how trifling..stop or pen, it can possibly make when the moveable Gates, Overfalls, and Rimers are taken away.

1846 Sir R. Kane tr. M. Rühlmann Horizontal Water-wheels 23 In the watercourse,..is to be built up a partition of boards, or, as it is termed, an overfall.

1881 H. W. Taunt Map of Thames 13/2 The village [sc. Streatley], with the weirs and overfalls in the foreground.

1929 Science 24 May 550/2 The utilization in the United States of the hydraulic jump in a scientific way as a destroyer of the energy of water at the foot of an overfall dates only to the work of the Miami Conservancy Board.

Compounds

C1. General attributive (in sense 4). Designating a structure used as an overfall or a dam, etc., containing an overfall.

ΚΠ

1861 S. Smiles Lives Engineers II. 467 A little above it was an ancient overfall weir.

1897 Overland Monthly May 518 The great masonry dam or overfall weir at La Grange on Tuolomne river, which raises the water surface of that stream one hundred feet.

1976 Proc. Royal Soc. A. 351 8 A concrete dam is likely to be cheaper for a valley with steep side slopes (above the crest of the dam) to allow an over-fall spillway (Kariba).

1994 Xinhua News Agency (Nexis) 22 Jan. The extension project includes construction of..an overfall dam.

C2.

† overfall mill n. Obsolete a mill worked by an overshot wheel.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > mills > [noun] > other mills

martinet?c1475

watermill1580

overfall mill1615

breast mill1659

undershot1705

merchant mill1759

pounding mill1785

floating mill1796

steam-mill1801

pecker1802

chip mill1819

1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 127 So plentifull a streame, as able to turn an ouerfall mill.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

overfallv.

Brit.

/ˌəʊvəˈfɔːl/, U.S.

/ˌoʊvərˈfɔl/,

/ˌoʊvərˈfɑl/

Forms: see over- prefix and fall v.

Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Probably also partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, fall v.

Etymology: Originally cognate with or formed similarly to Middle Dutch overvallen to attack, to overtake (Dutch overvallen ), Middle Low German overvallen , Middle High German übervallen to attack (German überfallen ) < the Germanic base of over- prefix + the Germanic base of fall v. In later use probably independently re-formed < over- prefix + fall v. Compare to fall over at fall v. Phrasal verbs 1.

Now rare (poetic and archaic).

a. transitive. To attack, assail, fall upon.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > attack > attack [verb (transitive)]

greetc893

overfallOE

riseOE

assail?c1225

to lay on or upon?c1225

onseekc1275

to set on ——c1290

infighta1300

saila1300

to go upon ——c1300

to turn one's handc1325

lashc1330

annoyc1380

impugnc1384

offendc1385

to fall on ——a1387

sault1387

affrayc1390

to set upon ——1390

to fall upon ——a1398

to lay at?a1400

semblea1400

assayc1400

havec1400

aset1413

oppressa1425

attachc1425

to set at ——c1430

fraya1440

fray1465

oppugn?a1475

sayc1475

envaye1477

pursue1488

envahisshe1489

assaulta1500

to lay to, untoa1500

requirea1500

enterprise?1510

invade1513

assemblec1515

expugn1530

to fare on1535

to fall into ——1550

mount1568

attack?1576

affront1579

invest1598

canvass1599

to take arms1604

attempt1605

to make force at, to, upon1607

salute1609

offence1614

strikea1616

to give a lift at1622

to get at ——1650

insult1697

to walk into ——1794

to go in at1812

to go for ——1838

to light on ——1842

strafe1915

OE Blickling Homilies 203 Hie..oferfeollan þa ðe þa..yrmþo genæson.

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1961) Lev. xx. 27 Wiþ stonys men shal ouerfalle [a1425 L.V. oppresse; L. obruent] hem.

1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. iii. viii. 144 Silence; which some liken to that of the Roman Senate overfallen by Brennus.

a1916 J. Payne Way of Winepress (1920) 36 Silenus,..drunken with the vinejuice, slept and sleeping so Of Midas overfall'n, awoke and found Himself both hand and foot with flowerbands bound.

b. transitive. To fall on top of or over; to cover.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > fall down (something) [verb (transitive)] > fall over or upon

overfallOE

overtumblea1640

OE Vercelli Homilies (1992) xv. 258 We halsiað eow, muntas & dena, þæt ge us oferfeallen & bewrigen.

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 4799 & tær fell dun þatt hus þurrh wind & oferrfell hemm alle.

c1300 St. Martin (Harl.) 119 in C. D'Evelyn & A. J. Mill S. Eng. Legendary (1956) 487 (MED) Þis treo aros vp anon, for hit nolde his heste worne, & ouerful [c1300 Laud ouerfalle] in þat oþer side meni of his foon.

c1300 St. Martin (Laud) 113 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 452 Huy gunne sawie þat treo a-to to-ward þis holie Manne, þat it scholde ouer-falle him.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) 16661 (MED) Þe hilles shul þei bidde ouer falle vs.

c1440 (?a1400) Morte Arthure 3677 (MED) Knyghtes..With þe swynge of þe swerde sweys þe mastys, Ovyrefallys in þe firste frekis and othire.

a1500 (?a1390) J. Mirk Festial (Gough) (1905) 176 (MED) Barnabe was so wroth þat he cursed þe temple, and sodenly a parte þerof fel doun, and ouerfel mony of hem.

1895 A. Nutt Voy. Bran 190 A thick mist overfell them.

2. intransitive. To fall over or down.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > fall [verb (intransitive)] > topple over

welt13..

tiltc1390

overfalla1400

waltc1400

tirvec1425

top over tervea1450

overtumble1487

overwelta1522

to fall over1541

top1545

topple1600

tramble1609

tope1796

tottle1830

overtopple1855

whemmel1895

pitch-pole1896

a1400 Psalter (Vesp.) lvii. 8 in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1896) II. 189 Ouerfel [L. supercecidet] þe fire sa brighte.

1530 W. Tyndale Pract. Prelates sig. Biij It can not be chosen but that many shall ouer faule.

1844 E. B. Barrett Duchess May in Poems II. 92 Horse and riders overfell!

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	overfall
释义	overfalln. Brit. /ˈəʊvəfɔːl/, U.S. /ˈoʊvərˌfɔl/, /ˈoʊvərˌfɑl/ Forms: see over- prefix and fall n.² Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, fall n.² Etymology: < over- prefix + fall n.², perhaps after to fall over at fall v. Phrasal verbs 1 or overfall v. 1. Frequently in plural. A turbulent stretch of sea or water with short breaking waves, caused by a strong current or tide flowing over a submarine ridge or shoal, or by the meeting of contrary currents. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > wave > movement of waves > [noun] > overfall overfall1542 rip1775 rip tide1862 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 119 b A daungerous goulfe, makyng sore ouerfalles by reason of the meetyng of soondry streames in one pointe. 1589 Voy. W. Towrson in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations i. 113 Certaine Currants, which did set to the West Southwestward so fast as if it had bene the ouerfall of a sand, making a great noyse like vnto a streame or tyde gate when the water is shoale. 1633 T. James Strange Voy. 40 We..came amongst many strange races, and ouer-falles. 1726 G. Shelvocke Voy. round World xii. 386 The frightful riplings and over-falls of the water. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson iii. ii. 315 This tide runs at first with a vast head and overfall of water. 1774 M. Mackenzie Treat. Maritim Surv. Pl. iv Overfalls; or rough, breaking Seas. 1867 J. MacGregor Voy. Alone in Rob Roy v. 75 All over the British Channel there are patches of sand, shingle, or rock, which..cause the tide-stream even without any wind to rush over them with great eddies and confused babbling waves... These places are called..in some charts, ‘overfalls’. 1878 H. A. Giles Gloss. Subj. Far East 27 Chow-chow water,..an overfall of water produced by strong currents dangerous to small boats. 1947 A. C. Douglas Gliding & Adv. Soaring i. 32 The cloud currents, the heat turbulence, high winds and mountain overfalls, which the aeroplane pilot finds so unpleasant or even dangerous, are regarded by the sail~plane pilot as friends, not as enemies. 1975 J. R. L. Anderson Death in North Sea viii. 139 There were two main tidal streams... They might run up to about two knots, with a somewhat faster rate by some overfalls off Spurn Head. 1991 Motor Boat & Yachting June 60/2 You'll need to be pretty sure of your position to avoid the overfalls. 2. A waterfall; a rapid. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > waterfall > [noun] linnc975 waterfallOE fallc1350 spout1534 waterspout1560 overfall1596 force1600 sault1600 watershoot1669 cascade1671 leap1796 chute1805 water wall1847 1596 W. Raleigh Discoverie Guiana (new ed.) 67 Marched ouer land to view the strange ouerfals of the riuer of Caroli, which rored so farre of... There appeared some ten or twelve ouerfals in sight, every one as high ouer the other as a Church tower. 1600 J. Pory tr. J. Leo Africanus Geogr. Hist. Afr. Introd. 44 It is reported that Nilus doth the like at his Cataracts or ouerfals. 1613 R. Harcourt Relation Voy. Guiana 40 I trauelled up the riuer of Wiapoco, to view the over~falles. 1811 D. Buchan in K. Winter Shananditti (1975) ii. 24 This day's distance is estimated at eleven miles allowing seven from the island..up to the overfall. 1921 H. Guthrie-Smith Tutira i. 5 A meandering serpentine creek..which..breaks into a series of overfalls. 1977 V. Butleer Sposin' I dies in D'Dory 64 We anchored the boat in Sandy Harbour and went to the overfall at the mouth of the river in the skiff. 1991 Canoeist (BNC) Oct. 22 Break out from the lagoon into an overfall from the rack on the left. †3. A sudden drop in the sea bottom, as at the edge of a submarine terrace or ledge. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > region of sea or ocean > [noun] > undersea ledge ledge1555 overfall1617 1617 T. Bonner Jrnl. (1971) 208 Beinge a litle to[o] far of[f] I came to a great over fall and had but 14 fathom and as soone as I was past it I had no ground. 1798 S. Wilcocke in Naval Chron. (1799) 2 61 It is broken ground, and overfalls of about half a fathom, every cast of the lead. 1804 A. Duncan Mariner's Chron. I. 300 I heard that he had very great overfalls, from twenty seven to thirteen fathoms at one cast, when he was standing in the bay towards the village of Felix. 1817 Chron. in Ann. Reg. 562/2 The channel..is perfectly clear of shoals, but the overfalls are sudden from 15 to 21 and 12 to 7 fathoms. 1860 R. F. Burton in Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 1859 29 236 The shingly shore shelves rapidly, without steps or overfalls, into blue water. 4. A structure in a canal, dam, etc., to allow the water to overflow when it reaches a certain level, or to keep the water up to the required level. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > body of water > channel of water > [noun] > navigable waterway > canal > other structures in canals overfall1764 aqueduct1791 tail-cut1791 waste-weir1793 boatlift1839 berm-bank1854 tail-bay1856 the world > the earth > water > lake > pool > [noun] > artificially confined water > contrivance for impounding water > weir > types of mill weirlOE foot weirc1474 kiddle1477 rowte weir1584 catchwater drain1744 carry1753 dam-head1762 overfall1764 gauge-weir1791 shutter weir1880 1764 J. Smeaton Reports I. 133 A fixed over-fall or weir. 1791 W. Jessop Rep. River Witham 15 Culverts and Overfalls, £90. 1805 Z. Allnutt Considerations Navigation Thames 22 The new constructed open Weir at Windsor,..it will be perceived how trifling..stop or pen, it can possibly make when the moveable Gates, Overfalls, and Rimers are taken away. 1846 Sir R. Kane tr. M. Rühlmann Horizontal Water-wheels 23 In the watercourse,..is to be built up a partition of boards, or, as it is termed, an overfall. 1881 H. W. Taunt Map of Thames 13/2 The village [sc. Streatley], with the weirs and overfalls in the foreground. 1929 Science 24 May 550/2 The utilization in the United States of the hydraulic jump in a scientific way as a destroyer of the energy of water at the foot of an overfall dates only to the work of the Miami Conservancy Board. Compounds C1. General attributive (in sense 4). Designating a structure used as an overfall or a dam, etc., containing an overfall. ΚΠ 1861 S. Smiles Lives Engineers II. 467 A little above it was an ancient overfall weir. 1897 Overland Monthly May 518 The great masonry dam or overfall weir at La Grange on Tuolomne river, which raises the water surface of that stream one hundred feet. 1976 Proc. Royal Soc. A. 351 8 A concrete dam is likely to be cheaper for a valley with steep side slopes (above the crest of the dam) to allow an over-fall spillway (Kariba). 1994 Xinhua News Agency (Nexis) 22 Jan. The extension project includes construction of..an overfall dam. C2. † overfall mill n. Obsolete a mill worked by an overshot wheel. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > mills > [noun] > other mills martinet?c1475 watermill1580 overfall mill1615 breast mill1659 undershot1705 merchant mill1759 pounding mill1785 floating mill1796 steam-mill1801 pecker1802 chip mill1819 1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 127 So plentifull a streame, as able to turn an ouerfall mill. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). overfallv. Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈfɔːl/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈfɔl/, /ˌoʊvərˈfɑl/ Forms: see over- prefix and fall v. Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Probably also partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, fall v. Etymology: Originally cognate with or formed similarly to Middle Dutch overvallen to attack, to overtake (Dutch overvallen ), Middle Low German overvallen , Middle High German übervallen to attack (German überfallen ) < the Germanic base of over- prefix + the Germanic base of fall v. In later use probably independently re-formed < over- prefix + fall v. Compare to fall over at fall v. Phrasal verbs 1. Now rare (poetic and archaic). 1. a. transitive. To attack, assail, fall upon. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > attack > attack [verb (transitive)] greetc893 overfallOE riseOE assail?c1225 to lay on or upon?c1225 onseekc1275 to set on ——c1290 infighta1300 saila1300 to go upon ——c1300 to turn one's handc1325 lashc1330 annoyc1380 impugnc1384 offendc1385 to fall on ——a1387 sault1387 affrayc1390 to set upon ——1390 to fall upon ——a1398 to lay at?a1400 semblea1400 assayc1400 havec1400 aset1413 oppressa1425 attachc1425 to set at ——c1430 fraya1440 fray1465 oppugn?a1475 sayc1475 envaye1477 pursue1488 envahisshe1489 assaulta1500 to lay to, untoa1500 requirea1500 enterprise?1510 invade1513 assemblec1515 expugn1530 to fare on1535 to fall into ——1550 mount1568 attack?1576 affront1579 invest1598 canvass1599 to take arms1604 attempt1605 to make force at, to, upon1607 salute1609 offence1614 strikea1616 to give a lift at1622 to get at ——1650 insult1697 to walk into ——1794 to go in at1812 to go for ——1838 to light on ——1842 strafe1915 OE Blickling Homilies 203 Hie..oferfeollan þa ðe þa..yrmþo genæson. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1961) Lev. xx. 27 Wiþ stonys men shal ouerfalle [a1425 L.V. oppresse; L. obruent] hem. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. iii. viii. 144 Silence; which some liken to that of the Roman Senate overfallen by Brennus. a1916 J. Payne Way of Winepress (1920) 36 Silenus,..drunken with the vinejuice, slept and sleeping so Of Midas overfall'n, awoke and found Himself both hand and foot with flowerbands bound. b. transitive. To fall on top of or over; to cover. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > fall down (something) [verb (transitive)] > fall over or upon overfallOE overtumblea1640 OE Vercelli Homilies (1992) xv. 258 We halsiað eow, muntas & dena, þæt ge us oferfeallen & bewrigen. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 4799 & tær fell dun þatt hus þurrh wind & oferrfell hemm alle. c1300 St. Martin (Harl.) 119 in C. D'Evelyn & A. J. Mill S. Eng. Legendary (1956) 487 (MED) Þis treo aros vp anon, for hit nolde his heste worne, & ouerful [c1300 Laud ouerfalle] in þat oþer side meni of his foon. c1300 St. Martin (Laud) 113 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 452 Huy gunne sawie þat treo a-to to-ward þis holie Manne, þat it scholde ouer-falle him. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) 16661 (MED) Þe hilles shul þei bidde ouer falle vs. c1440 (?a1400) Morte Arthure 3677 (MED) Knyghtes..With þe swynge of þe swerde sweys þe mastys, Ovyrefallys in þe firste frekis and othire. a1500 (?a1390) J. Mirk Festial (Gough) (1905) 176 (MED) Barnabe was so wroth þat he cursed þe temple, and sodenly a parte þerof fel doun, and ouerfel mony of hem. 1895 A. Nutt Voy. Bran 190 A thick mist overfell them. 2. intransitive. To fall over or down. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > fall [verb (intransitive)] > topple over welt13.. tiltc1390 overfalla1400 waltc1400 tirvec1425 top over tervea1450 overtumble1487 overwelta1522 to fall over1541 top1545 topple1600 tramble1609 tope1796 tottle1830 overtopple1855 whemmel1895 pitch-pole1896 a1400 Psalter (Vesp.) lvii. 8 in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1896) II. 189 Ouerfel [L. supercecidet] þe fire sa brighte. 1530 W. Tyndale Pract. Prelates sig. Biij It can not be chosen but that many shall ouer faule. 1844 E. B. Barrett Duchess May in Poems II. 92 Horse and riders overfell! This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1542v.OE
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