snare
noun
[ snɛː ]
• a trap for catching birds or mammals, typically one having a noose of wire or cord.
• a length of wire, gut, or hide stretched across a drumhead to produce a rattling sound.
• a wire loop for severing polyps or other growths.
snare
verb
• catch (a bird or mammal) in a snare.
• "the foxes were humanely snared"
Origin:
late Old English sneare, from Old Norse snara . snare (sense 2 of the noun) is probably from Middle Low German, Middle Dutch snare ‘harp string’.
