Associations to the word «Outfall»

Wiktionary

OUTFALL, verb. (transitive) (obsolete) To burst forth, as upon an enemy; make a sally.
OUTFALL, noun. (obsolete) A sudden eruption of troops from a fortified place; sally.
OUTFALL, noun. (dialectal) A quarrel; a falling out.
OUTFALL, noun. The point or place of discharge of a river, drain, culvert, sewer, etc.; mouth; embouchure.

Dictionary definition

OUTFALL, noun. The outlet of a river or drain or other source of water.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope