Springe

[From spring, v. i.; Ger. sprinkel, sprenkel, Prov. Ger. sprengel, sprengsel, Prov. Eng. springle, q. v.] A noose, which, being fastened to an elastic body, is drawn close with a sudden spring, by which means it catches a bird or other animal; a gin. “As a woodcock to my own springe.” Shak.