break one's fall

:  to separate into parts with suddenness or violence

:  fracture

: to fracture a bone of (a bodily part)

:  an act or action of breaking

:  the opening shot in a game of pool or billiards

:  a gap or opening caused or appearing as if caused by damage :  a condition produced by or as if by breaking :  gap

:  to descend freely by the force of gravity

:  to hang freely

:  to drop oneself to a lower position

:  the act of falling by the force of gravity

:  a falling out, off, or away :  dropping

:  the season when leaves fall from trees :  autumn

:  of, relating to, or suitable for autumn