Dictionary entry

Cascade

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Cas‐cade″ (kăs‐kād″), n. [F. cascade, fr. It. cascata, fr. cascare to fall.] A fall of water over a precipice, as in a river or brook; a waterfall less than a cataract.

The silver brook... pours the white cascade.

Longfellow.

Now murm'ring soft, now roaring in cascade.

Cowper.