Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A hoist-shaft or an opening through which freight is hoisted: so called from the custom of using a block and fall to do the hoisting.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun US A well or opening, through the successive floors of a warehouse or factory or the decks of a ship, providing access for material, goods or people.
- noun A hydraulic canal, as for a water-powered mill.
Etymologies
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Examples
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He answered Roger Mason Jr. 's free throws with a pair of his own and, after a layup by Adam Hall, hit a fallway jumper on the baseline to give North Carolina an 82-75 lead with 3: 41 to go.
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Wade then hit a pull-up jumper, only to have Nowitzki answer with a difficult fallway to tie the game at 86.
The Washington Post: National, World & D.C. Area News and Headlines - The Washington Post Michael Lee 2011
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Wade then hit a pull-up jumper, only to have Nowitzki answer with a difficult fallway to tie the game at 86.
The Washington Post: National, World & D.C. Area News and Headlines - The Washington Post Michael Lee 2011
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Sturmey Archer Three Speed Hubways autumnal diktats = fallway backstories
Grappling With Change: A Farewell to Summer and a Return to Arms BikeSnobNYC 2009
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