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. {{quote-book, en, author=Rachel Joan Dale, author2=J. David McMahan, chapter=Research Methodology and Results, title=Cultural Resources Survey of the Proposed North Douglas Highway Extension, Outer Point to Point Hilda (Project No. 68870), series=Office of History and Archaeology, seriesvolume=report no. 12, location=Anchorage, Ak., publisher=Office of History and Archaeology, Division of Parks and Outdoor Recreation, {{w, Alaska Department of Natural Resources}}, 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.}} {{quote-book, en, author={{w, Robin Hobb}} [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

{{trans-top-also, coarse woody debris, deadwood}} Russian: вале́жник, m, вале́ж, m, бурело́м, m {{qualifier, caused by a storm}} French: chablis, m French: piège assommoir, m Russian: пла́шка, f {{qualifier, for small animals}} cheap, rough bar or saloon, dive