faller

[faw-ler]

noun

a person or thing that falls.
any of various devices that operate by falling.
Textiles. a device for cleaning, straightening, and separating fibers during combing of worsted stock, consisting of a series of metal pins set into a rectangular bar or rod.

a logger hired to cut down trees; feller.

Origin of faller

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; see origin at fall, -er¹

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Examples from the Web for faller

Historical Examples of faller

I'll in with you into a gig, and off with you after that ther' faller.'
The Adventures of Harry Richmond, Complete
George Meredith
The effect of this mechanism is to lift the faller a distance of about 13 in.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3
Various
These consisted in backing off, operating the faller wire, rotating the spindles and pushing the carriage home.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 5
Various
The big-hearted "faller" was willing to do this, for he had taken a great fancy to the lads, and especially to Alaric.
Rick Dale, A Story of the Northwest Coast
Kirk Munroe
My Oscar, he bane pay two dollar gold to a faller in Sout Brooklyn fer trimmin up our own bulldogs tail.
Droll Stories of Isthmian Life
Evelyn Saxton

British Dictionary definitions for faller

faller

noun

any device that falls or operates machinery by falling, as in a spinning machine
one that falls, esp a horse that falls at a fence in a steeplechase
US and Canadian a person who fells trees

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