hopon.
/ˈhəʊpəʊ/ A trap for game consisting of two converging hedges in the form of the letter V, with a pit at the angle, into which the game is driven.
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1866 J. Leyland Adventures Far Interior S. Afr. iii. 124 Two hedges are formed (called the hopo) a mile long, and the same distance at the extremity, gradually narrowing till it comes to the sides of the pit.
1932 R. Campbell Taurine Provence 50 That natural death-trap or hopo, where the plain treacherously converges into a triangular precipice.
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