- gin trap
- UK / US
noun [countable]
Word forms "gin trap":
singular gin trap plural gin trapsan object used for catching small animals and birds
English dictionary. 2014.
gin trap
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gin|trap — «JIHN TRAP», noun. a trap for catching animals, especially rabbits, having two jaws with toothlike projections resembling those in a cotton gin … Useful english dictionary
gin trap — noun Etymology: gin (II) chiefly Britain : a trap used especially for catching rabbits * * * gin trap noun A powerful spring trap fitted with teeth • • • Main Entry: ↑gin * * * gin trap UK US … Useful english dictionary
gin trap — noun (C) a gin (2) … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
Gin (disambiguation) — Gin is an alcoholic beverage flavoured with juniper berries.Gin may also mean: *Cotton gin, a machine used to separate cotton fibers from their seedpods *GIN is short for Get It Now on mobile phones, a service that lets one download ringtones,… … Wikipedia
gin — ‘alcoholic drink’ [18] and gin ‘trap’ [13] are different words, but both originated as abbreviations. The latter comes from Old French engin (source of English engine), while the former is short for geneva. This now obsolete term for the spirit… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
gin — ‘alcoholic drink’ [18] and gin ‘trap’ [13] are different words, but both originated as abbreviations. The latter comes from Old French engin (source of English engine), while the former is short for geneva. This now obsolete term for the spirit… … Word origins
gin — gin1 [jin] n. [< GENEVA] 1. a strong, aromatic alcoholic liquor distilled from rye and other grains and flavored with juniper berries 2. a similar liquor differently flavored [sloe gin] 3. Archaic alcoholic liquor generally gin2 [jin] n … English World dictionary
Gin — Gin, n. [A contraction of engine.] [1913 Webster] 1. Contrivance; artifice; a trap; a snare. Chaucer. Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. (a) A machine for raising or moving heavy weights, consisting of a tripod formed of poles united at the top, with a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Gin block — Gin Gin, n. [A contraction of engine.] [1913 Webster] 1. Contrivance; artifice; a trap; a snare. Chaucer. Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. (a) A machine for raising or moving heavy weights, consisting of a tripod formed of poles united at the top, with … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Gin power — Gin Gin, n. [A contraction of engine.] [1913 Webster] 1. Contrivance; artifice; a trap; a snare. Chaucer. Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. (a) A machine for raising or moving heavy weights, consisting of a tripod formed of poles united at the top, with … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
