springe

[ sprinj ]

/ sprɪndʒ /

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noun

a snare for catching small game.

verb (used with object), springed, spring·ing.

to catch in a springe.

verb (used without object), springed, spring·ing.

to set a springe or springes.

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Origin of springe

1200–50; Middle English, variant of sprenge a snare, literally, something that is made to spring, derivative of sprengen to make spring, Old English sprengan, causative of springan to spring

Words nearby springe

spring chicken, spring-clean, spring-cleaning, spring conjunctivitis, Springdale, springe, spring ephemeral, springer, springer spaniel, spring fever, Springfield

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How to use springe in a sentence

For I will blesse her & geue the a sonne of her and will blesse her: so that people/ ye and kynges of people shall springe of her.
The First Boke of Moses called Genesis|William Tyndale
But these forest creatures that you take,—will they not bite against springe and snare?
To Have and To Hold|Mary Johnston
During this discussion Ellangowan was somewhat like a woodcock caught in his own springe.
Guy Mannering, or The Astrologer, Complete, Illustrated|Sir Walter Scott
Bow-traps are especially favoured, but the springe for birds and the pitfalls for large animals are not despised.
The Races of Man|Joseph Deniker

A rare eye, too, is his at the setting of a springe for woodcocks, or tracking a maukin on the snow.
Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2|John Wilson

British Dictionary definitions for springe

springe

/ (sprɪndʒ) /

noun

a snare set to catch small wild animals or birds and consisting of a loop attached to a bent twig or branch under tension

verb

(intr) to set such a snare

(tr) to catch (small wild animals or birds) with such a snare

Word Origin for springe

C13: related to Old English springan to spring

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