fall of the leaf

Noun

 * 1)  The time of the year when deciduous trees shed their leaves in temperate climates; (more generally) autumn.
 * 2) * 1761,, The Genius, No.10, in Prose on Several Occasions, London: T. Cadel, 1787, p.107,
 * The rage of suicide comes on regularly, like the moulting-time of birds, at a particular season of the year, which commences at the fall of the leaf.
 * 1) * 1761,, The Genius, No.10, in Prose on Several Occasions, London: T. Cadel, 1787, p.107,
 * The rage of suicide comes on regularly, like the moulting-time of birds, at a particular season of the year, which commences at the fall of the leaf.