Fell meaning : A cutting-down of timber. 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. The end of a web, formed by the last thread of the weft. To make something fall; especially to chop down a tree. To strike down, kill, destroy. To stitch down a protruding flap of fabric, as a seam allowance, or pleat.