fell2

 
Pronunciation: /fɛl/

verb

[with object]
  • 1cut down (a tree): 33 million trees are felled each day
  • knock down: Whitlock felled him with one punch
  • 2 (also flat-fell) stitch down (the edge of a seam) to lie flat: (as adjective flat-felled) a flat-felled seam

noun

  • an amount of timber cut.

Origin:

Old English fellan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vellen and German fällen, also to fall