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Fell en · PROPN · etymology 1

Etymology

* As an English surname, from the noun fell (“crag, rocky highland”). * As an English, Jewish, and German surname, from Fell (“pelt, fur”) or its Yiddish equivalent. Compare Pilcher.

Meanings

1. A surname.
2. A township in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, United States.
3. A municipality in Trier-Saarland district, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

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Fell en · NOUN · etymology 2

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of Fell pony.
   alt of Fell pony
   • Fells are usually pure black with no white markings, but bay, gray, and brown are also possible. 2016, Fern Collins, The Noble Horse, page 126:
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable) Ellipsis of Fell mountain railway system, named after John Barraclough Fell.
   alt of Fell mountain railway system
   alt of named after John Barraclough Fell
   • This line [the Snaefell Mountain Railway] is the world's only example of an electrically-operated railway with a Fell central rail. 1957 June 14, F. K. Pearson, “The Manx Electric Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 426:

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