Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A slender sapling or branch, to the end of which a noose of wire or horsehair, etc., is attached, bent down and so held, in a snare, that if a grouse or other bird or small animal attempts to push through the noose it will release the sapling and be strangled by the noose.
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Examples
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At the third opening a fine cock partridge swung limp and lifeless from a twitch-up.
Secret of the Woods William Joseph Long 1909
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It was on the plan of the twitch-up snare, common in New England.
Across India Or, Live Boys in the Far East Oliver Optic 1859
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