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log trap 
1 a kind of deadfall.
See also: deadfall ((n.)) (def. 1 and picture) log pen
- 1743 (1949) Wolvereen's . . . are catch't in Log traps chiefly, and are Eat by the natives, tho not by the English, they are Very strong Rank food.
- 1784 They are taken in several ways : sometimes in log-traps, baited with poplar sticks, laid in a path near the water.
- 1921 (1928) [The deadfall] was set for bear, and was of the "log-house" kind, with walls nearly six feet high, and a base that was eight feet long by five feet wide in front, while only two feet in width in the rear.
2 Lumbering, B.C. a boom set at the mouth of a river to prevent logs from drifting out to sea.
See also: jail boom
- 1906 At high tide the "Columbia" was admitted through the gap into the log trap and proceeded up the river, and after some difficulty with the bar arrived at the camp.
- 1743 (1949) Wolvereen's . . . are catch't in Log traps chiefly, and are Eat by the natives, tho not by the English, they are Very strong Rank food.