释义 |
fall·er \ˈfȯlə(r)\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English, one that falls, from fallen to fall + -er — more at fall 1. : a logger who fells trees — called also feller 2. : a machine part that acts by falling: as a. : the activating part of some stop motions b. : a falling or controlling device (as the hammer in a fulling machine, a tensioning device on a mule-spinning machine, or one of a series of pins in a gill box) |