leg trap
Steel-jawed snare device
A leg trap is a device designed to capture an animal by clamping onto its leg when triggered.
Steel-jaw leg traps have long been used by trappers for furbearing animals, though many jurisdictions now restrict or ban them as inhumane.
The term sometimes appears figuratively for any snare that catches someone unawares: The interviewer's question was a leg trap.
- steelCarbon-hardened iron alloy
- jawsMouth's bony framework
- springRecoiling metal spiral
- spring loadedPowered by compressed coil
- catchSeize or snag
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Captures animals without harm
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Non-lethal animal snare
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