DCHP-2

deadfall ((n.)) DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

• 1

  a kind of animal trap. See 1853 quote.

  See also: deadfall trap  deathfall  fall-trap  figure-(of-)four trap  log trap (def. 1)  

• 2

  a tract of forest cluttered with dead and fallen trees.

  See also: dead stand timber  timberfall  

• 3

  a single dead tree that has been blown to the ground.