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
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 TyndaleBut these forest creatures that you take,—will they not bite against springe and snare?
To Have and To Hold | Mary JohnstonDuring this discussion Ellangowan was somewhat like a woodcock caught in his own springe.
Guy Mannering, or The Astrologer, Complete, Illustrated | Sir Walter ScottBow-traps are especially favoured, but the springe for birds and the pitfalls for large animals are not despised.
The Races of Man | Joseph DenikerA 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
/ (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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