"deadfall" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈdɛdfɔːl/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈdɛdfɑl/ [General-American] Audio: en-au-deadfall.ogg Forms: deadfalls [plural]
enPR: dĕdʹfäl [General-American] Etymology: From dead + fall. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|dead|fall}} dead + fall Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} deadfall (countable and uncountable, plural deadfalls)
  1. (uncountable, Canada, US) Coarse woody debris; deadwood. Tags: Canada, US, uncountable
    Sense id: en-deadfall-en-noun-T3p1dO9K Categories (other): American English, Canadian English
  2. (uncountable, Canada, US) Coarse woody debris; deadwood.
    (countable, specifically) A fallen tree.
    Tags: Canada, US, countable, specifically Translations (fallen tree): chablis [masculine] (French)
    Sense id: en-deadfall-en-noun-urN2Vzeh Categories (other): American English, Canadian English Disambiguation of 'fallen tree': 1 94 3 2
  3. (countable, Canada, US, hunting) A kind of trap for animals, consisting of a heavy board or log that falls on to the prey. Tags: Canada, US, countable Categories (topical): Hunting, Trapping Categories (lifeform): Trees Synonyms (trap): deadfall trap Translations (trap consisting of a heavy object that falls on to the prey): piège assommoir [masculine] (French), mundéu [Brazil, masculine] (Portuguese), пла́шка (pláška) (note: for small animals) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-deadfall-en-noun-LY6Vc38L Disambiguation of Trapping: 10 10 63 17 Disambiguation of Trees: 10 31 43 16 Categories (other): American English, Canadian English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 19 47 15 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 9 12 63 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 10 66 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 9 73 10 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 14 14 59 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 20 20 41 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 23 23 37 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 14 14 60 13 Topics: hobbies, hunting, lifestyle Disambiguation of 'trap': 0 0 100 0 Disambiguation of 'trap consisting of a heavy object that falls on to the prey': 2 4 90 4
  4. (countable, US, slang) A cheap, rough bar or saloon. Tags: US, countable, slang Synonyms (cheap, rough bar): dive
    Sense id: en-deadfall-en-noun-MaPsxS8X Categories (other): American English Disambiguation of 'cheap, rough bar': 4 4 5 86
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: deadfall trap Translations (coarse woody debris — see also deadwood): låg [feminine] (Norwegian), вале́жник (valéžnik) [masculine] (Russian), вале́ж (valéž) [masculine] (Russian), бурело́м (burelóm) (english: caused by a storm) [masculine] (Russian)
Disambiguation of 'coarse woody debris — see also deadwood': 45 45 7 2

Inflected forms

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          "text": "It was a week after the taking of the black fox that Skookum Bill, on a short exploring trip a few miles west of their cabin, came across a deadfall which held a dead marten. He took the marten, and, when he returned, said to Dobbs: \"I didn't know you'd built any deadfalls in the timber past the big draw?\"",
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          "text": "Dens of the description of the \"Tapis Franc,\" and the \"deadfalls\" of San Francisco and Sacramento, are now matters of history only, and it seems beyond the bounds of probability that similar haunts of vice, and the brutal and lawless scenes there enacted, will ever again be permitted to disgrace our country, and the name of civilization.",
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          "text": "[…] I was an occasional dram-drinker at their saloon. I was never imposed upon by them with bad liquor, nor in any manner cheated there. I did not learn they kept loaded dice, marked cards, or any back-room \"deadfall\"—to rake the pockets of fuddled or drugged customers.",
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          "ref": "1876, John J. Rowan, “The Trapper”, in The Emigrant and Sportsman in Canada. […], London: Edward Stanford, […], →OCLC, page 369:",
          "text": "The beaver trap is a deadfall of considerable weight, nicely adjusted over the animal's road or track, frequently on a dam. […] The animal passing under the deadfall has to step on a little stick raised an inch or two above the ground, and this brings down the deadfall on its back.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1922 November 25, A[rthur] M[urray] Chisholm, “A Thousand a Plate”, in Western Story Magazine, volume XXX, number 4, New York, N.Y.: Street & Smith Corporation, →OCLC, chapter II, page 90, column 2:",
          "text": "It was a week after the taking of the black fox that Skookum Bill, on a short exploring trip a few miles west of their cabin, came across a deadfall which held a dead marten. He took the marten, and, when he returned, said to Dobbs: \"I didn't know you'd built any deadfalls in the timber past the big draw?\"",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1974, Alaska Planning Group, United States Department of the Interior, “History and Archeology”, in Final Environmental Statement: Proposed Lake Clark National Park, Alaska, Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, →OCLC, part II (Description of the Environment), section A (Existing Environment), pages 61–62:",
          "text": "Marten, wolverine, lynx, ermine, fox, mink, beaver, and land otter were plentiful in the general vicinity of Kijik and traps and deadfalls were set for them.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A kind of trap for animals, consisting of a heavy board or log that falls on to the prey."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hunting",
          "hunting#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "trap",
          "trap#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "animal",
          "animal"
        ],
        [
          "heavy",
          "heavy"
        ],
        [
          "board",
          "board#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "log",
          "log#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "falls",
          "fall#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "prey",
          "prey#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(countable, Canada, US, hunting) A kind of trap for animals, consisting of a heavy board or log that falls on to the prey."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Canada",
        "US",
        "countable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "hobbies",
        "hunting",
        "lifestyle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "American English",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English slang",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1873, [John O’Connor], “Wolf-traps—Continued”, in John Morris, editor, Wanderings of a Vagabond. An Autobiography, New York, N.Y.: Published by the author, →OCLC, page 366:",
          "text": "Dens of the description of the \"Tapis Franc,\" and the \"deadfalls\" of San Francisco and Sacramento, are now matters of history only, and it seems beyond the bounds of probability that similar haunts of vice, and the brutal and lawless scenes there enacted, will ever again be permitted to disgrace our country, and the name of civilization.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1879 November, C[harles] E[dward] Pickett, Land-gambling versus Mining-gambling. An Open Letter to Squire P. Dewey, Relative to His Participation in the Land-gambling of San Francisco in the Early Days. From One Who Knows, 2nd edition, San Francisco, Calif.: [s.n.], →OCLC, page 9:",
          "text": "[…] I was an occasional dram-drinker at their saloon. I was never imposed upon by them with bad liquor, nor in any manner cheated there. I did not learn they kept loaded dice, marked cards, or any back-room \"deadfall\"—to rake the pockets of fuddled or drugged customers.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2006, Thomas Pynchon, “Iceland Spar”, in Against the Day, New York, N.Y.: Penguin Press, →ISBN, page 360:",
          "text": "They had lived down in horse barns, army “A” tents with the old blood-stains onto them, city hotels with canopy beds, woke up in back rooms of deadfalls where the bars had toothmarks end to end.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A cheap, rough bar or saloon."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cheap",
          "cheap"
        ],
        [
          "rough",
          "rough#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "bar",
          "bar#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "saloon",
          "saloon"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(countable, US, slang) A cheap, rough bar or saloon."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "countable",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɛdfɔːl/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "enpr": "dĕdʹfäl",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɛdfɑl/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
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  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "trap",
      "word": "deadfall trap"
    },
    {
      "sense": "cheap, rough bar",
      "word": "dive"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "coarse woody debris — see also deadwood",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "låg"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "valéžnik",
      "sense": "coarse woody debris — see also deadwood",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "вале́жник"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "valéž",
      "sense": "coarse woody debris — see also deadwood",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "вале́ж"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "caused by a storm",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "burelóm",
      "sense": "coarse woody debris — see also deadwood",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "бурело́м"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "fallen tree",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chablis"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "trap consisting of a heavy object that falls on to the prey",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "piège assommoir"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "trap consisting of a heavy object that falls on to the prey",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mundéu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "for small animals",
      "roman": "pláška",
      "sense": "trap consisting of a heavy object that falls on to the prey",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "пла́шка"
    }
  ],
  "word": "deadfall"
}

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