† hare-pipen.
Obsolete.
A trap for catching hares.
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1389 Act 13 Rich. II Stat. 1. c. 13 §1 Nene use furettes haies rees hare pipes ne cordes.
c1485 Early Eng. Misc. (Warton Club) 45 I have an hare-pype in my purce, Hit schal be set al for thi sake.
1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie lxxv. 200 As you may take a Hare with Harepypes, or such like gynnes.
1603 Act 1 Jas. I c. 27 §1 Everie person..which..shall..take, or destroy any Hares with any Harepipes, Cordes, or with any such Instrumentes.
1615 W. Lawson Country Housewifes Garden (1626) 45 You must have..an Hare-pipe for an Hare.
1821 Sporting Mag. 9 11 Hare-pipes, gins, snares.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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