Definition of "leaf-fall" [leaf-fall]

• The fall of the year; the autumn. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "The process leading to leaf-fall is not affected by Indian summers or unusually cold weather."
• "It is her beauty and her safety both, her melodious hope, a thing of special merit, a cleansing, the fleet leaf-fall of something godly blowing through the world."
• "We have no snow here and have had only light frosts, but may I whine about the timing of leaf-fall in Austin?"