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noun
A large trap used to catch a bear or other mammal, usually as a foot trap.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: hobbies, hunting, lifestyle
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noun
A radar trap used by police to catch speeders.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: automotive, government, law-enforcement, traffic, transport, vehicles
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noun
A device that traps a probe on a rotorcraft, securing it to the helicopter deck of a vessel.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, nautical, physical-sciences, transport
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noun
A system of rotorcraft recovery aboard watercraft in heavy sea states, which uses the beartrap device to land securely and transport the aircraft into the hangar.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, nautical, physical-sciences, transport
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History
From bear + trap.
