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Definition of Overfall
1. n. A cataract; a waterfall.
Definition of Overfall
1. Noun. A turbulent section of a body of water, caused by strong currents passing over submerged ridges. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To fall over (something). ¹
3. Verb. (transitive) To attack (someone). ¹
4. Verb. (intransitive) To fall over. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Overfall
1. to fall over [v OVERFELL, OVERFALLEN, OVERFALLING, OVERFALLS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overfall
Literary usage of Overfall
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Irrigation Engineering by Herbert Michael Wilson (1909)
"Wide-crested or overfall Dams.—Gravity dams (Art. 316) are designed with
cross-sections sufficiently ample to enable them to resist by their weight the ..."
2. Irrigation Engineering by Herbert Michael Wilson (1909)
"Wide-crested or overfall Dams.—Gravity dams (Art. 316) are designed with
cross-sections sufficiently ample to enable them to resist by their weight the ..."
3. Handbook of hydraulics for the solution of hydraulic problems by Horace Williams King (1918)
"Rectangular Weirs with Free overfall Fundamental Considerations. — The theoretical
discharge over a rectangular weir with free overfall (page 37) is given ..."
4. Indian Storage Reservoirs with Earthen Dams: Being a Practical Treatise on by William Lumisden Strange (1904)
"Clear overfall Weirs.—A clear overfall weir is one having its crest above the
surface ... As the action of the overfall on the foundations is very severe, ..."
5. A Life of John Davis, the Navigator, 1550-1605: The Navigator, 1550-1605 by Clements Robert Markham (1889)
"One pointed west by the " Furious overfall," the other pointed north by ...
Henry Hudson made his way by the " Furious overfall " into Hudson's Bay. ..."
6. Manual of Irrigation Engineering by Herbert Michael Wilson (1896)
"Probably the best cross-section yet given an overfall dam is that given the Colorado
... Design of overfall Dams.—As yet theory has made little advance in ..."
7. Dams and Weirs: An Analytical and Practical Treatise on Gravity Dams and by William George Bligh (1915)
"GRAVITY overfall DAMS OR WEIRS 57. Characteristics of overfalls. When water
overflows the crest of a dam it is termed an overfall dam or weir, ..."
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