conibear

English

Etymology

Named after Frank Conibear, a Canadian who first constructed such a trap in 1957.

Noun

conibear (plural conibears)

  1. A kind of body-gripping trap designed to kill the trapped animal quickly.
    • 2008 April 30, Jim Robbins, “Montana Dog Owners Find Wild-Animal Traps Put Pets in Harm’s Way”, in New York Times‎:
      It was the killing of Cupcake, a border collie mix, in a conibear trap last winter that first spurred the anti-trapping campaign here.

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