snare.
A trap (especially one made from a loop of wire, string, or leather).
Meaning & usage
A trap (especially one made from a loop of wire, string, or leather).
A mental or psychological trap.
A loop of cord used in obstetric cases, to hold or to pull a fetus from the mother animal.
A similar looped instrument formerly used to remove tumours etc.
A set of stiff wires held under tension against the bottom head of a drum to create a rattling sound.
A snare drum.
Where this word comes from
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.
To catch or hold, especially with a loop.
To ensnare.
To play (a snare drum, or a beat on or as if on a snare drum).
Where this word comes from
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.
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