FALLER


Meaning of FALLER in English

/faw"leuhr/ , n.

1. a person or thing that falls.

2. any of various devices that operate by falling.

3. 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.

4. a logger hired to cut down trees; feller.

[ 1400-50; late ME; see FALL, -ER 1 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .