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fells

The correct spelling is fells.

How to pronounce fells

noun

Say it like: Fel-ls

The correct spelling is fells. A cutting-down of timber.

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Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A cutting-down of timber.
  2. 2.The stitching down of a fold of cloth; specifically, the portion of a kilt, from the waist to the seat, where the pleats are stitched down.
  3. 3.The end of a web, formed by the last thread of the weft.
  4. 4.An animal skin, hide, pelt.
  5. 5.Human skin (now only as a metaphorical use of previous sense).

verb

  1. 1.To make something fall; especially to chop down a tree.
  2. 2.To strike down, kill, destroy.
  3. 3.To stitch down a protruding flap of fabric, as a seam allowance, or pleat.

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