Usually means: Manual hoist for lifting loads.
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  1. chainfall: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  2. chainfall: Collins English Dictionary
  3. chainfall: Dictionary.com
  4. Chainfall: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  5. chainfall: TheFreeDictionary.com
  6. chainfall: Wiktionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (chainfall)

noun:  A chain laid across a beam or similar, used as part of a hoist for lifting objects.
noun:  (metonymically) A hoist of the type that provides a hanging chain: a chainfall hoist.

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