English Dictionary

deadfall

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈdɛdfɔːl/

名詞

カナダ英語 アメリカ英語 不可算名詞 可算名詞 特定用法 俗語

(uncountable, Canada, US) Coarse woody debris; deadwood. / (countable, specifically) A fallen tree.

日本語の意味

自然環境において、枯れて倒れた木、すなわち倒木やその破片を意味する。 / 森林内で見られる、粗い構造の死んだ木材（枝や幹の破片）のこと。

The biologist carefully measured the deadfall to estimate habitat complexity in the old-growth forest.

生物学者は原生林で生息地の複雑さを推定するために、倒木の量を慎重に測定した。

意味（1）

(uncountable, Canada, US) Coarse woody debris; deadwood.

意味（2）

(countable, specifically) A fallen tree.

A fifth negative test pit was excavated near the largest creek at Middle Point. As well, the roots of all deadfalls within the corridor were examined for the presence of cultural material. Deadfalls were more common in the drier areas, especially near stream channels.

意味（3）

(countable, Canada, US, hunting) A kind of trap for animals, consisting of a heavy board or log that falls on to the prey.

It [the wolverine] is so cunning as rarely to enter a deadfall itself, but will carefully pull it to pieces and then eat the bait in safety. I was informed by hunters at Selkirk Settlement that they sometimes lost the successful result of several days' trapping by a single wolverine, which, following their path, would pull down every deadfall, or destroy any animal already caught.

意味（4）

(countable, US, slang) A cheap, rough bar or saloon.

Dens of the description of the Tapis Franc, and the deadfalls of San Francisco and Sacramento, are now matters of history only, and it seems beyond the bounds of probability that similar haunts of vice, and the brutal and lawless scenes there enacted, will ever again be permitted to disgrace our country, and the name of civilization.

deadfalls （ plural ）