dewfall
noun/ˈdʒuːˌfɔːl/ · /ˈdjuˌfɔːl/
Etymology From dew + fall. Compare Danish dugfald (“dewfall”).
1
The forming of dew.
2
The time when dew begins to form.
- It was dark when they rose in the morning and dark when they filed into the kitchen to get their plates and spoons and still dark when they turned out in the dewfall and grainy mist of the yard.1979, Cormac McCarthy, Suttree, Random House, page 44: