snag
noun
a tree or part of a tree held fast in the bottom of a river, lake, etc., and forming an impediment or danger to navigation.
Example Sentences
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Did they make it through last winter unsnagged?
From Time Magazine Archive
He snagged his shirt on the barbed wire, cursed softly, unsnagged himself, and straightened shakily beside his partner.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
