deadfalldead-falln.

Brit.

/ˈdɛdfɔːl/, U.S.

/ˈdɛdˌfɔl/,

/ˈdɛdˌfɑl/

Chiefly U.S.

a. A kind of trap used esp. for large game, in which a weighted board or heavy log is arranged to fall upon and kill or disable the prey. Also attributive with trap.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > hunting > equipment > trap or snare > [noun]

grinc825

trapa1000

snarea1100

swikea1100

granea1250

springec1275

gina1300

gnarea1325

stringc1325

trebuchet1362

latch?a1366

leashc1374

snarlc1380

foot gina1382

foot-grina1382

traina1393

sinewa1400

snatcha1400

foot trapa1425

haucepyc1425

slingc1425

engine1481

swar1488

frame1509

brakea1529

fang1535

fall trap1570

spring1578

box-trapa1589

spring trapa1589

sprint1599

noosec1600

springle1602

springe1607

toil1607

plage1608

deadfall1631

puppy snatch1650

snickle1681

steel trap1735

figure (of) four1743

gun-trap1749

stamp1788

stell1801

springer1813

sprent1822

livetrap1823

snaphance1831

catch pole1838

twitch-up1841

basket-trap1866

pole trap1879

steel fall1895

tread-trap1952

conibear trap1957

conibear1958

1631 G. Markham Country Contentments (ed. 4) i. xvi. 99 Some do vse to take them with Hutches, or dead-fals, set in their haunts.

1829 Massachusetts Spy 8 July In the act of getting in, the log or dead-fall fell upon his back and held him fast.

1843 ‘R. Carlton’ New Purchase I. i. 2 We..were setting dead-falls and snares.

1877 E. Coues Fur-bearing Animals vi. 175 In addition to our steel traps, we built numerous deadfalls.

1902 S. E. White Blazed Trail xvii. 128 He had bound together..several of the oddly shaped pine timbers to form a species of dead-fall trap.

1959 J. D. Clark Prehist. Southern Afr. vi. 132 The use of dead-fall traps.

b. figurative. A trap, snare (cf. trap n.¹ 1b).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > snare, trap, entanglement > [noun]

neteOE

angleOE

grinc1000

trapc1175

caltropa1300

lacec1330

girnc1375

espyc1380

webc1400

hook1430

settingc1430

lure1463

stall?a1500

stalea1529

toil1548

intrap1550

hose-net1554

gudgeon1577

mousetrap1577

trapfall1596

ensnarementa1617

decoy1655

cobweba1657

trepan1665

snap1844

deadfall1860

Judas1907

tanglefoot1908

catch-221963

trip-wire1971

1860 Richmond (Va.) Enquirer 23 Nov. 1/8 A continuance on the part of the Banks to issue specie would..catch us completely under the dead fall of Northern absorptive predominance.

1962 ‘K. Orvis’ Damned & Destroyed xvi. 113 This rendezvous is a deadfall.

a. A tangled mass of fallen trees. Also attributive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > characterized by quality or health > [noun] > fallen or uprooted

rower1442

windfall1464

root-fall1584

down timber1837

deadfall1883

uproot1891

timber-fall1897

1883 Cent. Mag. 29 195/1 Extensive ‘dead-falls’ of trees thrown pell-mell over, under, and astraddle of each other by gales.

1898 Westm. Gaz. 12 Sept. 8/2 Travelling painfully over deadfall timber.

1968 R. M. Patterson Finlay's River 89 Then through deadfall and around small canyons they made their way down the west slope of the main range.

b. (See quot. 1874.)

ΚΠ

1874 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Dead-fall, a dumping-platform at the mouth of a mine.

c. ‘A low drinking or gaming-place. Western U.S.’ ( Cent. Dict.). Also, see quots.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > drinking place > [noun] > tavern or public house > low drinking-house

sot's-hof1532

bousing ken1567

fuddling-school1680

sot-bay1707

night-cellar1729

sot-hole1755

lush-ken1790

lush-crib1819

Tom and Jerry shop1824

Tom and Jerry1836

deadfall1837

jerry1851

shoful1851

cribc1865

bucket-shop1875

barrel-house1883

lushing-ken1883

shebang1901

barrel shop1904

blood house1913

smoke joint1931

shypoo1936

smoke-shop1937

dive bar1974

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > [noun] > places for gambling

dicing-house1549

carding house1550

gaming house1562

dicing-chamber1571

tabling house1576

game house?1577

macaroni1771

gambling house1772

gambling school1773

gambling club1774

spill-house1778

gambling hall?1781

gambling den1792

gambling booth1804

hell1812

gambling hell1818

Crockford1827

silver hell1835

deadfall1837

casino1851

house1855

tripot1864

skin house1871

bucket-shop1875

gambling joint1885

salle1886

tabling den1886

spoofery1895

salle de jeu1901

strong joint1914

kitchen1924

salle privée1930

spieler1931

1837 A. Wetmore et al. Gazetteer Missouri 337 A small pot-house grocery or dead-fall of the village.

1867 Harper's Mag. June 131/1 In California, old Judge C—— kept a little dead fall, as they call a rum-mill out there.

1903 A. Adams Log of Cowboy xvi. 251 There's a deadfall down here on the river..that robs a man coming and going.

1937 D. Runyon More than Somewhat v. 100 The Bohemian Club is nothing but a deadfall.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

单词	deadfall
释义	deadfalldead-falln. Brit. /ˈdɛdfɔːl/, U.S. /ˈdɛdˌfɔl/, /ˈdɛdˌfɑl/ Chiefly U.S. 1. a. A kind of trap used esp. for large game, in which a weighted board or heavy log is arranged to fall upon and kill or disable the prey. Also attributive with trap. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > equipment > trap or snare > [noun] grinc825 trapa1000 snarea1100 swikea1100 granea1250 springec1275 gina1300 gnarea1325 stringc1325 trebuchet1362 latch?a1366 leashc1374 snarlc1380 foot gina1382 foot-grina1382 traina1393 sinewa1400 snatcha1400 foot trapa1425 haucepyc1425 slingc1425 engine1481 swar1488 frame1509 brakea1529 fang1535 fall trap1570 spring1578 box-trapa1589 spring trapa1589 sprint1599 noosec1600 springle1602 springe1607 toil1607 plage1608 deadfall1631 puppy snatch1650 snickle1681 steel trap1735 figure (of) four1743 gun-trap1749 stamp1788 stell1801 springer1813 sprent1822 livetrap1823 snaphance1831 catch pole1838 twitch-up1841 basket-trap1866 pole trap1879 steel fall1895 tread-trap1952 conibear trap1957 conibear1958 1631 G. Markham Country Contentments (ed. 4) i. xvi. 99 Some do vse to take them with Hutches, or dead-fals, set in their haunts. 1829 Massachusetts Spy 8 July In the act of getting in, the log or dead-fall fell upon his back and held him fast. 1843 ‘R. Carlton’ New Purchase I. i. 2 We..were setting dead-falls and snares. 1877 E. Coues Fur-bearing Animals vi. 175 In addition to our steel traps, we built numerous deadfalls. 1902 S. E. White Blazed Trail xvii. 128 He had bound together..several of the oddly shaped pine timbers to form a species of dead-fall trap. 1959 J. D. Clark Prehist. Southern Afr. vi. 132 The use of dead-fall traps. b. figurative. A trap, snare (cf. trap n.¹ 1b). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > snare, trap, entanglement > [noun] neteOE angleOE grinc1000 trapc1175 caltropa1300 lacec1330 girnc1375 espyc1380 webc1400 hook1430 settingc1430 lure1463 stall?a1500 stalea1529 toil1548 intrap1550 hose-net1554 gudgeon1577 mousetrap1577 trapfall1596 ensnarementa1617 decoy1655 cobweba1657 trepan1665 snap1844 deadfall1860 Judas1907 tanglefoot1908 catch-221963 trip-wire1971 1860 Richmond (Va.) Enquirer 23 Nov. 1/8 A continuance on the part of the Banks to issue specie would..catch us completely under the dead fall of Northern absorptive predominance. 1962 ‘K. Orvis’ Damned & Destroyed xvi. 113 This rendezvous is a deadfall. 2. a. A tangled mass of fallen trees. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > characterized by quality or health > [noun] > fallen or uprooted rower1442 windfall1464 root-fall1584 down timber1837 deadfall1883 uproot1891 timber-fall1897 1883 Cent. Mag. 29 195/1 Extensive ‘dead-falls’ of trees thrown pell-mell over, under, and astraddle of each other by gales. 1898 Westm. Gaz. 12 Sept. 8/2 Travelling painfully over deadfall timber. 1968 R. M. Patterson Finlay's River 89 Then through deadfall and around small canyons they made their way down the west slope of the main range. b. (See quot. 1874.) ΚΠ 1874 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Dead-fall, a dumping-platform at the mouth of a mine. c. ‘A low drinking or gaming-place. Western U.S.’ ( Cent. Dict.). Also, see quots. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > drinking place > [noun] > tavern or public house > low drinking-house sot's-hof1532 bousing ken1567 fuddling-school1680 sot-bay1707 night-cellar1729 sot-hole1755 lush-ken1790 lush-crib1819 Tom and Jerry shop1824 Tom and Jerry1836 deadfall1837 jerry1851 shoful1851 cribc1865 bucket-shop1875 barrel-house1883 lushing-ken1883 shebang1901 barrel shop1904 blood house1913 smoke joint1931 shypoo1936 smoke-shop1937 dive bar1974 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > [noun] > places for gambling dicing-house1549 carding house1550 gaming house1562 dicing-chamber1571 tabling house1576 game house?1577 macaroni1771 gambling house1772 gambling school1773 gambling club1774 spill-house1778 gambling hall?1781 gambling den1792 gambling booth1804 hell1812 gambling hell1818 Crockford1827 silver hell1835 deadfall1837 casino1851 house1855 tripot1864 skin house1871 bucket-shop1875 gambling joint1885 salle1886 tabling den1886 spoofery1895 salle de jeu1901 strong joint1914 kitchen1924 salle privée1930 spieler1931 1837 A. Wetmore et al. Gazetteer Missouri 337 A small pot-house grocery or dead-fall of the village. 1867 Harper's Mag. June 131/1 In California, old Judge C—— kept a little dead fall, as they call a rum-mill out there. 1903 A. Adams Log of Cowboy xvi. 251 There's a deadfall down here on the river..that robs a man coming and going. 1937 D. Runyon More than Somewhat v. 100 The Bohemian Club is nothing but a deadfall. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < n.1631
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