Usually means: Sudden drop in river, sea.
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  1. overfall: Merriam-Webster
  2. overfall: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. overfall: Collins English Dictionary
  4. overfall: Wordnik
  5. overfall: Wiktionary
  6. Overfall: Dictionary.com
  7. Overfall: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  8. overfall: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  9. Overfall: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  10. overfall: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  11. overfall: FreeDictionary.org
  12. overfall: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Overfall: Encyclopedia

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  1. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (overfall)

noun:  A turbulent section of a body of water, caused by strong currents passing over submerged ridges.
noun:  Part of a garment that hangs so as to cover a lower part.
verb:  (transitive) To fall on or spill over so as to cover (something).
verb:  (transitive) To change or affect so as to pervade (something); to come over
verb:  (intransitive) To fall over; to spill from an edge or height.
verb:  (intransitive) To fall over; to topple.

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