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snare noun.
[Late Old English sneare from Old Norse snara = Old Saxon snari (Dutch snaar) string, Old High German snarahha snare; rel. to (and in sense 2 prob. from) Middle Low German, Middle Dutch snare harp-string, Old High German snerhan bind, knot, Old Norse snara wind, twist.]
A trap for catching small wild animals or birds, usu. with a noose of wire or cord in which a foot or the head may be secured. Also (transf.), a device to tempt out an enemy or opponent to danger, capture, defeat, etc. LOE.
G. Medley Several Snares, made of Horse-Hairs..are hung between the Branches.
b. fig. A trial, a temptation, a trap. ME.
A. Mason Trapped..by the..snares of false hopes.
c. Surgery. An instrument that uses a wire loop for removing polyps, small tumours, etc. L19.
a. Any of the gut, rawhide, or wire strings which are stretched across the lower head of a side-drum to produce a rattling sound. L17.
b. In full snare-drum. A drum fitted with snares. L19.
New Yorker An astonishing series of accents on the snare drum.
snareless adjective (rare) free from snares, without a snare E19.