Deadfall

Word DEADFALL
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Definitions and meanings of "Deadfall"

What do we mean by deadfall?

A trap for large animals in which a heavy weight is arranged to fall on and kill or disable the prey. noun

A mass of fallen timber and tangled brush. noun

A trap in which a weight is arranged to fall upon and crush the prey, used for large game. noun

A smaller trap for rats, etc., in which the fall is a loaded board. noun

A tangled mass of fallen trees and underbrush. noun

A low drinking- or gaming-place. noun

A kind of trap for large animals, consisting of a heavy board or log that falls on to the prey. noun

Deadwood noun

A cheap, rough saloon or bar. noun

Coarse woody debris; deadwood.

A kind of trap for animals, consisting of a heavy board or log that falls on to the prey.

A cheap, rough bar or saloon.

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The word "deadfall" in example sentences

But in heavy snow, when deadfall is buried and wet, a fire can be hard to spark and difficult to maintain. ❋ Unknown (2005)

But what made folks really nuts was when I didn't do this for the eider duck fall, and people complained of various things -- that the pacing was off, that they didn't like the duck, that the deadfall was a trap. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The deadfall was a big one, maybe two feet in diameter. ❋ John Gilstrap (2003)

The deadfall was an obvious place to hide and it would be the first place Fletcher would investigate. ❋ Janet Dailey (1980)

"And I hope you get caught in some kind of deadfall and have to come screaming to the cops." ❋ Laurence M. Janifer (1967)

Another "deadfall" for taking capercailzie in Norway is described by ❋ Montagu Browne (N/A)

Moll Gurney's "deadfall," while respectability took it with sugar at Mr. Jo. ❋ Ambrose Bierce (1878)

It's often said the toughest part about having a child is the day he's resurrected as a foul-smelling demon because you buried him beyond the "deadfall" in an ancient ground and he murders your buddy, kills and partially eats your wife, and then comes at you with a scalpel before you inject him with a lethal dose of morphine. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Nodding wearily, Logan strode to the woods and gathered deadfall. ❋ J. Robert King (2011)

Old fires and tornados left patches of deadfall covered with brush, vines, and saplings that had to be crossed or skirted. ❋ W. Michael Gear (2011)

There the trail turned difficult, snaking through deadfall thick with saplings, brush, and thorny vines. ❋ W. Michael Gear (2011)

The dogs panted as they clambered over deadfall, crashed through branches, and ducked beneath vines. ❋ W. Michael Gear (2011)

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