hopon.

/ˈhəʊpəʊ/

Etymology: < an African language.

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

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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.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

单词	hopo
释义	hopon. /ˈhəʊpəʊ/ Etymology: < an African language. 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. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > equipment > trap or snare > [noun] > pit trap pitOE pitfalla1387 trapfall1596 trap-pit1652 trap-ditch1657 pit trap1751 well trap1819 downfall1856 hopo1866 piskun1892 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1866
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