From en.wiktionary.org:
[Faller]
** English
*** Etymology
From [en].
*** Noun
[en-noun]
1. One who falls .
2. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1920 | title=The Green Book Magazine | volume=23 | page=75
|passage=I've said that you girls on this side were not very whole-hearted
FALLERS-in-love.}}
1. * {{ quote-text | en | year=2011 | author=Dana Stabenow | title=Hunter's Moon
|passage=Most trippers and FALLERS I know fall forward, but it could have
happened. He could have gone out for a midnight walk, he could have wanted to
commune with the moon from the middle of the log, he could have tripped and
fallen backward [...]}}
1. * {{ quote-text | en | year=2016 | author=Michael P. Burke | title=Forensic Pathology of Fractures and Mechanisms of Injury
|passage=Significantly more cervical spine injuries were seen in FALLERS as
opposed to jumpers.}}
1. A fruit that falls from the tree, rather than being picked.
2. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1867 | title=The Penny Post | volume=17 | page=17
|passage=There were peas to be gathered and shelled, currants and gooseberries
to be picked, and when the apple season came, she had to go round the orchard
several times a-day to pick up the FALLERS.}}
1. [en] 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.
2. [en] .
3. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1909 | title=Pamphlets on Conservation of Natural Resources | page=14
|passage= FALLERS can make a tree fall exactly where they plan.}}
1. * {{ quote-journal | en | year=2011 | journal=Peterson's | title=Master the Firefighter Exam
|passage=A worker who assists FALLERS and/or sawyers in clearing away brush,
limbs and small trees, [...]}}
**** Derived terms
{{col|en|freefaller|infaller |backfaller|counterfaller|off-faller}}
*** Anagrams
- [en]
** Catalan
*** Etymology
From [ca].
*** Pronunciation
- [ca-IPA] < !-- per GDLC -->
*** Adjective
[ca-adj]
1. [ca] of the Falles
*** Noun
[m]
1. someone taking part in the Falles
*** Further reading
- [R:ca:IEC2]
[ca]
** Norman
*** Etymology
From [nrf], from an earlier [fro], from [nrf], from [nrf].
*** Pronunciation
- [nrf]
*** Verb
[nrf-verb]
1. [nrf] to be necessary
** Norwegian Bokmål
*** Verb
[nb]
1. [nb]
** Swedish
*** Pronunciation
- [sv]
*** Verb
[sv]
1. [sv]