Associations to the word «Deadfall»

Wiktionary

DEADFALL, noun. (US) A kind of trap for large animals, consisting of a heavy board or log that falls on to the prey.
DEADFALL, noun. Deadwood
DEADFALL, noun. (US) (slang) A cheap, rough saloon or bar.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne