/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 ]