beartrap (English, noun)
expansion: beartrap (plural beartraps)
Senses:
topics: hobbies
hunting
lifestyle
glosses: A large trap used to catch a bear or other mammal, usually as a foot trap.
topics: automotive
government
law-enforcement
traffic
transport
vehicles
glosses: A radar trap used by police to catch speeders.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
nautical
physical-sciences
transport
glosses: A device that traps a probe on a rotorcraft, securing it to the helicopter deck of a vessel.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
nautical
physical-sciences
transport
glosses: A system of rotorcraft recovery aboard watercraft in heavy sea states, which uses the beartrap device to land securely and transport the aircraft into the hangar.
Forms:
form: beartraps
tags: plural
form: bear trap
tags: alternative