2. Noun. A fall of rain or snow. ¹
3. Noun. The fall of the evening. ¹
4. Verb. (transitive) To fall on or upon. ¹
5. Verb. (transitive) To assault. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Onfall
1. an attack [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Onfall
Literary usage of Onfall
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of A. Conan Doyle by Arthur Conan Doyle (1902)
"XXXII OF THE onfall AT SEDGEMOOR HOWEVER pressing our own private griefs and
needs, we had little time now to dwell upon them, for the moment was at hand ..."
2. How England Saved Europe: The Story of the Great War (1793-1815) by William Henry Fitchett (1900)
"This great cavalry onfall had been foreseen and prepared for by the British
leaders; but no one on the British side imagined that it would be made upon a ..."
3. The Sacred Books of China: The Texts of Confucianism by James Legge (1899)
"Along with your brethren, Get ready your scaling ladders, And your engines of
onfall and assault, To attack the walls of A^ung V The engines of onfall and ..."
4. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1880)
"onfall, ». A fall of rain or snow, S. " Th* mow lay thick on the ground at the time
... onfall, «. A disease which attacks one without any apparent cause. ..."
5. The Saga Library by Eiríkr Magnússon, William Morris (1894)
"But when they met, the onset befell not right speedily, for the bonders tarried
the onfall, whereas not all their host had come forth anywhere nigh evenly; ..."
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