Faller

Origin

fall + -er

Full definition of faller

Noun

1. One who falls.
2. An apple that falls from the tree, rather than being picked.
3. (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.

Derived terms

• backfaller
• counter-faller
• off-faller

Anagrams

• refall