evenfall

[ ee-vuh n-fawl ]

/ ˈi vənˌfɔl /

the beginning of evening; twilight; dusk.

Origin of evenfall

First recorded in 1805–15; even² + fall

These things were swiftly done; and after evenfall Messer Pietro was bidden to grave business in his neighbour's palace.

New Italian sketches |John Addington Symonds
Haze drew its veils across the world, and the air grew brown with evenfall.

Darkness and Dawn |George Allan England
Having sufficiently rested they proceeded on their way at evenfall.

The Mayor of Casterbridge |Thomas Hardy
When he came home at evenfall he often showed his brothers and sisters bits of paper stamped like money.

Brownies and Bogles |Louise Imogen Guiney

Mine is to smoke a pipe at evenfall and watch a badger, a rattlesnake, and an owl go into their common prairie home one by one.

Strictly Business |O. Henry

evenfall

/ (ˈiːvənˌfɔːl) /

archaic early evening; dusk