fall line

Meaning

1. A geomorphologic unconformity marking a boundary between an upland region and a plane; sometimes marked by a series of waterfalls on rivers that cross it.
2. The imaginary line downhill that something falling downhill would naturally follow.

Synonyms

hoist cable

sling

lifting cable

crane cable

hoisting line

suspension cable

sling rope

wire suspension

catenary wire

rigging line

lifting rope

winding rope

bearer cable

lifting fall

Translations

Fall Line

linha de queda