What is a pit deceitfully covered to entrap wild beasts or men; a trap of any kind. Sir T. North called?
pitfall — A pit deceitfully covered to entrap wild beasts or men; a trap of any kind. Sir T. North. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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