Meaning of Faller | Babel Free

Definitions

1. One who falls.
2. A surname.
3. A fruit that falls from the tree, rather than being picked.
4. A part which acts by falling, such as a stamp in a fulling mill, or the device in a spinning machine to arrest motion when a thread breaks.
5. Synonym of feller (“one who cuts down trees”).

Equivalents

Examples

“I've said that you girls on this side were not very whole-hearted fallers-in-love.”

“Most trippers and fallers I know fall forward, but it could have happened. He could have gone out for a midnight walk, he could have wanted to commune with the moon from the middle of the log, he could have tripped and fallen backward […]”

“Significantly more cervical spine injuries were seen in fallers as opposed to jumpers.”

“There were peas to be gathered and shelled, currants and gooseberries to be picked, and when the apple season came, she had to go round the orchard several times a-day to pick up the fallers.”

“Fallers can make a tree fall exactly where they plan.”

“A worker who assists fallers and/or sawyers in clearing away brush, limbs and small trees, […]”

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