fells

A cutting-down of timber.

The stitching down of a fold of cloth; specifically, the portion of a kilt, from the waist to the seat, where the pleats are stitched down.

The end of a web, formed by the last thread of the weft.

To make something fall; especially to chop down a tree.

To strike down, kill, destroy.

To stitch down a protruding flap of fabric, as a seam allowance, or pleat.

An animal skin, hide, pelt.

Human skin (now only as a metaphorical use of previous sense).

(obsolete outside Britain) A rocky ridge or chain of mountains.

(obsolete outside Britain) A wild field or upland moor.