tumble-down Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite in deplorable condition
    dilapidated; broken-down; tatterdemalion; ramshackle; derelict; bedraggled.
    • a street of bedraggled tenements
    • a broken-down fence
    • a ramshackle old pier
    • a tumble-down shack

WordNet


Tum"ble-down` adjective
Definitions
  1. Ready to fall; dilapidated; ruinous; as, a tumble-down house. Colloq.

Webster 1913