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Man trap
Man trap, in iron, nineteenth century, type: gin trap; Would have been set, hidden in undergrowth, to deter and catch poachers; The jaws are set open by the shank of metal, and when the trap is sprung, by stepping on it, the toothed jaws snap shut,…
Man trap. An iron trap with sharp teeth on hinged brackets which are snapped shut by a leaf spring. The leaf spring has part of a chain at one end.
Man trap, in iron, nineteenth century, type: gin trap. Would have been set, hidden in undergrowth, to deter and catch poachers. The jaws are set open by the shank of metal, and when the trap is sprung, by stepping on it, the toothed jaws snap…
mandible.pig
Lower jaw of domestic boar, tusks fully recurved & re-entering jaw. Reid(1912): 'Lower jaw of domestic boar, aged sixteen years and seven months, killed December 1910.'
