Leafmeal
adv, noun
adv, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A feed or meal, particularly for animals, consisting chiefly of decayed vegetable matter, especially leaves. uncountable
- 2 Fallen or decaying leaves; leaf litter uncountable
"The Wilburtsons' pool, by contrast, is a swirl of sunk and sinking leafmeal, their yellow cat basking on the diving board."
Adverb
- 1 One leaf at a time; leaf by leaf. not-comparable, obsolete, poetic
"Áh! ás the heart grows older / It will come to such sights colder / By and by, nor spare a sigh / Though worlds of wanwood leafmeal lie; […]"
Example
More examples"Áh! ás the heart grows older / It will come to such sights colder / By and by, nor spare a sigh / Though worlds of wanwood leafmeal lie; […]"
Etymology
Etymology 1
From leaf + -meal.
Etymology 2
From leaf + meal, modelled after leafmould.
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