fall trapn.

Brit.

/ˈfɔːl trap/, U.S.

/ˈfɔl ˌtræp/,

/ˈfɑl ˌtræp/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: fall n.², trap n.¹

Etymology: < fall n.² + trap n.¹In quot. 1570 showing reanalysis of fall n.¹, attested in an earlier witness, as fall n.²; compare discussion at fall n.¹, and also trapfall n.

A trap which operates by the falling of a cage or similar container, or of a heavy object; (sometimes also) a trap into which the quarry is intended to fall (cf. pitfall trap n. at pitfall n. Compounds). Also figurative.

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the world > food and drink > hunting > equipment > trap or snare > [noun]

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steel fall1895

tread-trap1952

conibear trap1957

conibear1958

1570 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Morall Fabillis (Charteris) sig. B.ii Of Cat, nor fall trap [?a1500 na fall, na trap], I haif na dreid.

1710 D. Hilman Tusser Redivivus Feb. 12 As to other ways [of catching or killing a mole], viz. the Fall-Trap, &c. they are not comparable to this.

1745 True Descr. Italy in Harleian Misc. V. 15/2 The same Ladder lies in a Chest, standing in a certain Room, where is a Fall-trap.

1746 W. Ellis Agric. Improv'd I. May xviii. 129 A Fall-trap, set on a Tree or Hedge, a Pail or Wall, that is made with four Bricks set up..in the Form of a Square..with a square Tile on the Top.

1784 T. Pennant Arctic Zool. I. 127 In Sibiria they [sc. dormice] are killed with blunt arrows, or caught in fall-traps.

1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. vi. i. 351 Jacobinism is..enmeshed wholly in plots,..neck-gins and baited falltraps.

1861 Trans. Ethnol. Soc. London 1 248 To secure these animals they construct rude fall traps of a few short poles, enclosing a space in which the bait is so adjusted that on the animal tugging at it a heavily weighted log falls on its head.

1949 J. M. Cooper in J. H. Steward Handbk. S. Amer. Indians V. 270 The basketlike fall trap of the Carib of Dominica, with rabbet-joint supporting post.., is identical with a northeastern Perú (Chama) and a Guiana trap.

1999 T. Deary Savage Stone Age 17 In 18,000 bc horse hunters in France used a natural cliff as a fall-trap.

2001 Condor 103 100/1 Adults were captured at the nest during incubation with a simple wire mesh fall trap.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	fall trap
释义	fall trapn. Brit. /ˈfɔːl trap/, U.S. /ˈfɔl ˌtræp/, /ˈfɑl ˌtræp/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: fall n.², trap n.¹ Etymology: < fall n.² + trap n.¹In quot. 1570 showing reanalysis of fall n.¹, attested in an earlier witness, as fall n.²; compare discussion at fall n.¹, and also trapfall n. A trap which operates by the falling of a cage or similar container, or of a heavy object; (sometimes also) a trap into which the quarry is intended to fall (cf. pitfall trap n. at pitfall n. Compounds). Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > equipment > trap or snare > [noun] grinc825 trapa1000 snarea1100 swikea1100 granea1250 springec1275 gina1300 gnarea1325 stringc1325 trebuchet1362 latch?a1366 leashc1374 snarlc1380 foot gina1382 foot-grina1382 traina1393 sinewa1400 snatcha1400 foot trapa1425 haucepyc1425 slingc1425 engine1481 swar1488 frame1509 brakea1529 fang1535 fall trap1570 spring1578 box-trapa1589 spring trapa1589 sprint1599 noosec1600 springle1602 springe1607 toil1607 plage1608 deadfall1631 puppy snatch1650 snickle1681 steel trap1735 figure (of) four1743 gun-trap1749 stamp1788 stell1801 springer1813 sprent1822 livetrap1823 snaphance1831 catch pole1838 twitch-up1841 basket-trap1866 pole trap1879 steel fall1895 tread-trap1952 conibear trap1957 conibear1958 1570 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Morall Fabillis (Charteris) sig. B.ii Of Cat, nor fall trap [?a1500 na fall, na trap], I haif na dreid. 1710 D. Hilman Tusser Redivivus Feb. 12 As to other ways [of catching or killing a mole], viz. the Fall-Trap, &c. they are not comparable to this. 1745 True Descr. Italy in Harleian Misc. V. 15/2 The same Ladder lies in a Chest, standing in a certain Room, where is a Fall-trap. 1746 W. Ellis Agric. Improv'd I. May xviii. 129 A Fall-trap, set on a Tree or Hedge, a Pail or Wall, that is made with four Bricks set up..in the Form of a Square..with a square Tile on the Top. 1784 T. Pennant Arctic Zool. I. 127 In Sibiria they [sc. dormice] are killed with blunt arrows, or caught in fall-traps. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. vi. i. 351 Jacobinism is..enmeshed wholly in plots,..neck-gins and baited falltraps. 1861 Trans. Ethnol. Soc. London 1 248 To secure these animals they construct rude fall traps of a few short poles, enclosing a space in which the bait is so adjusted that on the animal tugging at it a heavily weighted log falls on its head. 1949 J. M. Cooper in J. H. Steward Handbk. S. Amer. Indians V. 270 The basketlike fall trap of the Carib of Dominica, with rabbet-joint supporting post.., is identical with a northeastern Perú (Chama) and a Guiana trap. 1999 T. Deary Savage Stone Age 17 In 18,000 bc horse hunters in France used a natural cliff as a fall-trap. 2001 Condor 103 100/1 Adults were captured at the nest during incubation with a simple wire mesh fall trap. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1570
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