fells

noun

Meaning

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.

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