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cat-killer Obs. 
n. a kind of deadfall trap.
See also: deadfall trap
- 1819 The cat-killer has one end turning upon a nail driven into a long stake, whilst the other is supported high up by a line which passes over a crutch on the top of a stake, and then comes down to another at the bottom, where one end of the tongue is fixed.
- 1819 The cat-killer has one end turning upon a nail driven into a long stake, whilst the other is supported high up by a line which passes over a crutch on the top of a stake, and then comes down to another at the bottom, where one end of the tongue is fixed.