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deadfall

[ ded-fawl ]

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noun

a trap, especially for large game, in which a weight falls on and crushes the prey.
a mass of brush and fallen fall trees.

deadfall

/ ˈdɛdˌfɔːl /

a type of trap, used esp for catching large animals, in which a heavy weight falls to crush the prey Also calleddownfall

First recorded in 1605–15; dead + fall

He has broken away from several steel traps, and he always takes the bait of a deadfall without harm to himself.

After three or four days, I again went to the deadfall, wondering and imagining all kinds of things.

With some hard work and heavy lifting I got another good deadfall built that day.

The carcass of the bear was, of course, a complete loss, and that is a serious objection to the deadfall as a bear trap.

When the mink will not take bait readily, then of course the deadfall does not make a successful mink trap.

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