Definitions For Deadfall

Noun

DEADFALL. (countable and uncountable, plural DEADFALLs) (uncountable, Canada, US) coarse, coarse woody debris; deadwood. (countable, specifically) A fallen#adjective, fallen tree. , month=February, year=1988, page=9, pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=5Oc0AQAAMAAJ&pg=PT398, oclc=23667003, passage=A fifth negative test pit was excavated near the largest creek at Middle Point. As well, the roots of all deadfalls within the corridor were examined for the presence of cultural material. Deadfalls were more common in the drier areas, especially near stream channels. [pseudonym; Margaret Astrid Lindholm Ogden], title=City of Dragons, series=The Rain Wild Chronicles, seriesvolume=3, location=London, publisher=w:harpercollins, harper voyager, year=2012, isbn=978-0-06-156163-4, passage=We should go up to the forest and see if we can find more dry deadfalls. That green wood you were trying to burn last night was all smoke and no heat. (countable, Canada, US, hunting) A kind of trap#noun, trap for animals, consisting of a heavy board#noun, board or log#noun, log that fall#verb, falls on to the prey#noun, prey. (countable, US, slang) A cheap, rough#adjective, rough bar#noun, bar or saloon.

Synonyms

trap deadfall trap cheap, rough bar dive

Related terms

deadfall trap

Translations

Russian: вале́жник, m, вале́ж, m, бурело́м, m French: chablis, m French: piège assommoir, m Russian: пла́шка, f cheap, rough bar or saloon, dive

Etymology

dead + fall.