snare

Definition

A trap (especially one made from a loop of wire, string, or leather).

Etymology

From Middle English snare, from Old English sneare (“snare, noose”), from Proto-West Germanic *snarhā, from Proto-Germanic *snarhǭ (“a sling; loop; noose”). Cognate with Old Norse snara. Also related to German Schnur and Dutch snaar, snoer.

Example Sentences

• "He […] watched Beavis’s long-toothed mouth open and clap to like a rabbit snare."
• "He felt a snare tightening around his throat; he gasped and threw a leg out of the bed, where it jerked for a second or two, thumping the steel frame, and died."
• "If thou retire, the Dauphin, well appointed, Stands with the snares of war to tangle thee:"