faller

IPA: fˈɔɫɝ

One who falls.
A fruit that falls from the tree, rather than being picked.
(engineering) A part which acts by falling, such as a stamp in a fulling mill, or the device in a spinning machine to arrest motion when a thread breaks.
A surname.

Examples of "faller" in Sentences

Hedgehunter's a faller at the last.
Faller in particular is explicit on this I believe.
Chris Faller is the former bassist of The Hush Sound.
Chris Faller was the former bassist of The Hush Sound.
Many of the writings of Faller are in various Journals.
I'm a very graceful faller, and I rarely get seriously hurt.
The biggest faller is the United States, dropping from first to sixth.
These two little boys are supported by a logger, a "faller" to be exact.
The carriage was slightly backed and a faller wire lowered onto the threads.
If the thread breaks, a tiny "faller," such as are used in cotton mills, falls down and stops the machine.
Another faller was the home improvement giant Kingfisher, the company behind B&Q, which closed 8.4p lower on 237.1p.