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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How to use faller in a sentence

A beetling machine of the kind, with four sets of “fallers,” is shown in Fig. 3.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 | Various
This lifting and dropping of the fallers on to the beam takes place in rhythmical and rapid succession.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 | Various
The gill pins in the fallers are used to restrain the movements of the fibres between two important pairs of rollers.
The Jute Industry: From Seed to Finished Cloth | T. Woodhouse and P. Kilgour
Ve ban gude fallers, ve Baked Pies, if ve did broke my nose.
At Good Old Siwash | George Fitch
Ven dis har country first began, Yeorge ban a yen'ral, and yu bet Dese English fallers know it yet.
The Norsk Nightingale | William F. Kirk

British Dictionary definitions for faller

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

US and Canadian a person who fells trees

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