Associations to the word «Faller»

Wiktionary

FALLER, noun. One who falls.
FALLER, noun. An apple that falls from the tree, rather than being picked.
FALLER, noun. (engineering) 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.

Dictionary definition

FALLER, noun. A person who fells trees.
FALLER, noun. A person who falls; "one of them was safe but they were unable to save the faller"; "a faller among thieves".

Wise words

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