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chainfall

chainfall noun: a chain laid across a beam or similar, used as part of a hoist for lifting objects.

Noun

chainfall (plural chainfalls)

  1. A chain laid across a beam or similar, used as part of a hoist for lifting objects.
    • I pinched a cowlift over Jewel's hipbones. Then we took a chainfall and hooked it to an overhead beam and then to the cowlift.2006, Duff Brenna, The Book of Mamie, page 195
  2. (metonymically) A hoist of the type that provides a hanging chain: a chainfall hoist.
    • Get that chainfall over here. We're gonna flip this damn thing over. We'll be here all week if we don't get better access for this grinding op.

Forms of chainfall

pluralchainfalls

Origin of chainfall

From chain + fall.

Questions about chainfall

What does chainfall mean?
Chainfall means a chain laid across a beam or similar, used as part of a hoist for lifting objects.
What part of speech is chainfall?
Chainfall is a noun.
What is the plural of chainfall?
The plural of chainfall is chainfalls.

Words near chainfall in the dictionary

  1. chaines
  2. chainest
  3. chaineth
  4. chainette
  5. chainettes
  6. chainfall
  7. chainfalls
  8. chainfern
  9. chainferns
  10. chainganger
  11. chaingangers

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