Adverb
One leaf at a time; leaf by leaf.
Usage- not-comparable
- Obsolete
- Poetic
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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; […]
Noun
A feed or meal, particularly for animals, consisting chiefly of decayed vegetable matter, especially leaves.
Usage- Uncountable
Fallen or decaying leaves; leaf litter
Usage- Uncountable
- Examples
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The Wilburtsons' pool, by contrast, is a swirl of sunk and sinking leafmeal, their yellow cat basking on the diving board.