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I have poked a few holes in the mesh from dragging my Speedgoats over sharp rocks and through deadfall, though the punctures didn’t affect the performance of the waterproof membrane, as they did not penetrate the liner beneath the mesh.

Spandex can be a passable solution, but leggings often leave me swampy in all the wrong places, and I’ve torn holes in more than a few pairs trying to heft myself over deadfall.

He has broken away from several steel traps, and he always takes the bait of a deadfall without harm to himself.

After three or four days, I again went to the deadfall, wondering and imagining all kinds of things.

With some hard work and heavy lifting I got another good deadfall built that day.

The carcass of the bear was, of course, a complete loss, and that is a serious objection to the deadfall as a bear trap.

When the mink will not take bait readily, then of course the deadfall does not make a successful mink trap.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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