darkfall

The time of day when it becomes dark.

Noun

  1. The time of day when it becomes dark.
    • They stopped long enough to put on warmer jackets and continued the arduous climb, hoping to find a sheltered spot for the darkfall. - 2005, Kathy Williams, Of Wizards and Stones, page 54:
    • At darkfall I heard only one instrument like a glorified Jew's harp. - 2011, Ella Young, John Matthews, Denise Sallee, At the Gates of Dawn: A Collection of Writings, page 199:
    • But we did catch Turosh skulking around the Shiso last darkfall. - 2014, Margaret Taylor, To Free The Dragon's Soul:

Origin

From dark + fall, modelled after nightfall.