deadfall
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Then, a video demonstrating an ancient deadfall trap received over a million views.
From New York Times ● Feb. 27, 2023
The device’s clever design and battery-powered fans also allow it to emit less smoke than your standard fire pit, regardless of whether you’re burning charcoal or deadfall.
From The Verge ● Nov. 8, 2021
That means using handsaws to clear deadfall from trails, block-and-tackle pulley rigs to lift bridge timbers and spud bars to pry rocks out of trail treads.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 19, 2017
Looking up from the sidewalk, I was always conscious of this stark deadfall.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 29, 2014
A drizzle hung in the air when we set off, and before long it had turned into a steady, merciless, deadfall rain.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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