1 gen 1693 anni - snickle

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A snare or gin, for trapping hares in particular, and used as a synonym of hare-pipe. It was made of wire, a loop with a running knot. 1673 <i>hath knowne John Warde to make haire pipes or snitles and seen him set them in hedges</i>, Doncaster (QS1/14/3); 1677 <i>Richard Wadsworth saith that hee hath lately taken from John Horsfall six snickles, snares or harepipes of yellow wire</i>, Heptonstall (QS1). The use of ‘yellow wire’ for snares was usual in the 1600s, possibly wire made from an alloy of copper and zinc. In 1693 a Heckmondwike man was said to have <i>set severall snares both yallew and blew wyer</i> (QS1). Snittlegate is a late minor place-name in Scholes near Holmfirth (PNWR2/248).

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