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deadfall ((adj.))

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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of trees, downed by wind, disease, or age.

Quotations

1908

Though a tough spot to get up to, the flat proved to be a prime place for our camp, with plenty of dead fallen and standing timber. . . .

1912

But it doesn't say . . . what to say when Jones kicks me in the morning, or in deadfall timber . . . or any unusual accident in this vale of tears; and there ain't one word about robbers.

1963

There for yards at a time the poor dogs never put foot to ground but have to climb over a succession of tangled deadfall logs, the legacy of a forest fire or high winds. . . .