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Wolf Trap, VA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Virginia
Population (2000): 14001
Housing Units (2000): 4606
Land area (2000): 9.257851 sq. miles (23.977724 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.013616 sq. miles (0.035266 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 9.271467 sq. miles (24.012990 sq. km)
FIPS code: 87240
Located within: Virginia (VA), FIPS 51
Location: 38.933477 N, 77.276510 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
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Wolf trap

A wolf trap (Spanish lobera, Italian luparia) was a chase ending in a pit with trapdoor and stakes used by beaters in hunting wolves in medieval Europe.

Usage examples of "wolf trap".

And then a hand shot out of the press and closed round her arm like a wolf trap, so hard that Needle went flying from her hand.

When she first trapped him in a humane wolf trap years earlier, he tucked under her chin.

His bearded lips parted, but in that instant the Gael's hands shot up to his throat and locked there like a wolf trap.

Time, for him, began when Mama Jo caught him in the humane wolf trap.