leghold trap

noun

leg·hold trap ˈleg-ˌhōld-

also ˈlāg-

: a jawed usually steel trap that is used to hold a wild mammal and operates by springing closed and clamping onto the leg of the animal that steps on it

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The team used a padded leghold trap with bait. —

Julia Musto, Fox News, 14 Mar. 2021 The theatrics were typical of Rep. Young, who once stuck his hand in a steel-jaw leghold trap until his fingers turned blue, while arguing that such traps weren’t painful to animals. —

Washington Post, 19 Mar. 2022