snare : Idioms & Phrases


Snare drum

  • noun a small drum with two heads and a snare stretched across the lower head
    snare; side drum.
WordNet
  • the smaller common military drum, as distinguished from the bass drum; so called because (in order to render it more resonant) it has stretched across its lower head a catgut string or strings.
Webster 1913

To set a trap, snare, ∨ gin

  • to put it in a proper condition or position to catch prey; hence, to lay a plan to deceive and draw another into one's power.
Webster 1913