fells

noun

  1. 1

    A cutting-down of timber.

  2. 2

    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.

  3. 3

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

verb

  1. 1

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

  2. 2

    To strike down, kill, destroy.

  3. 3

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

noun

  1. 1

    An animal skin, hide, pelt.

  2. 2

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

noun

  1. 1

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

  2. 2

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

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