springe
a snare for catching small game.
to catch in a springe.
to set a springe or springes.
Origin of springe
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How to use springe in a sentence
The future is quite enough hampered with the past, without setting anticipatory traps and springes for unwary feet.
The Daughters of Danaus | Mona CairdThe writer of the letter from Bombay, signed Ormont, was a born subject for the antithetical craftsmen's tricky springes.
Lord Ormont and his Aminta, Complete | George MeredithNow I saw that he was getting angry with me for drawing distinctions, when he wanted to catch me in his springes of words.
Euthydemus | PlatoYou are doubtless aware of his character; a man who sets nets and springes in long cover, and fishes wherever he takes a fancy.
My Lady Ludlow | Elizabeth GaskellSnipe and woodcock, which come to the marshy meadows in severe weather, are taken in "gins" and "springes."
Poachers and Poaching | John Watson
British Dictionary definitions for springe
/ (sprɪndʒ) /
a snare set to catch small wild animals or birds and consisting of a loop attached to a bent twig or branch under tension
(intr) to set such a snare
(tr) to catch (small wild animals or birds) with such a snare
Origin of springe
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