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faller
[ faw-ler ]
faller
/ ˈfɔːlə /
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
- a person who fells trees
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So many of the biggest RAPTOR risers and fallers should change as the year goes on — or, at the very least, revert some toward their previous levels of performance.
Bill Hayes, he of the gray mustache and the ear-piercing faller's cry, was a "long-stake" man.
Moreover, each row or rather double row, of pins is carried separately by what is termed a "faller."
I seem to be a pretty good faller—only there's no falling race.
Another wire called the counter-faller, l5, must be applied under the threads.
In the first place, whether as faller, rigging man or on the "drive," his work is muscular and out of doors.
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