mistfall

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English

Etymology

From mist +‎ fall.

Noun

mistfall (plural mistfalls)

  1. (rare) A waterfall that falls in the form of fine mist.
    • 2007, Robert Sneider, The Falls II: In the Crossfire of Mist and Madness:
      The mistfall was heavier as the boat entered the domain of the great falls at Niagara.
    • 2017, Joanna Russ, We Who Are About To...:
      Water started to come down from here and there on the high bank, streamlets big as a finger, mere dripdrops, mistfalls that evaporated halfway to the surface of the river – these can't be rainfed, not here – []