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fall n Cp OED ~ sb1 5 'a sinking down, subsidence' for phr
fall of ground; SED iv, 828 fall of the year.
1 Phr fall of ground: collapse of a mine shaft.
1983 MARTIN 79 The union did not mention the problem of the
rockfalls that plagued the mines' underground reaches. Several men had been killed
already by what miners called a 'fall of ground.' The ghosts of the victims, it was
said, sometimes appeared to men working alone.
fall of the
year.
1984 POWELL 176 From being under the snow since the fall
of the year, the carcass would be turned right green. 1987 POOLE 74 He fished off
Murray's Harbour for many years trawling in the fall of the year.
2 Attrib, comb ~ fish, ~ fishery, ~ herring.
1983 DAWE & FICKEN 20 F is for fall fish,/The finest fat
cod;/They arrive in the autumn,/One big hungry wad. 1988 Evening Telegram 20 Aug,
p. 23 Cod is still scarce on the inshore grounds [at Melrose], and unless the fall
fishery picks up it will not be a good season for most fishermen. ibid 5 Aug, p. 2 The
fall herring fishery in the...Newfoundland region will open Aug 15.
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