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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: 1. One who, or that which, falls. 2. (Mach.) A part which acts by falling, as a stamp in a fulling mill, or the device in a spinning machine to arrest motion when a thread breaks. From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: noun 1: a person who fells trees [syn: {lumberman}, {lumberjack}, {feller}] 2: a person who falls; "one of them was safe but they were unable to save the faller"; "a faller among thieves" |
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