Cas-cāde'1, n.
n. [Fr. cascade, Sp. cascada, It. cascata, from cascare, to fall, from Lat. casare, to be ready to fall, intensive form of cadere, to fall.] A small fall or flowing of water over a precipice, in a river or natural stream; a fall less than a cataract. Its outlet dashed into a deep cascade. Byron.