snare

A trap (especially one made from a loop of wire, string, or leather).

A mental or psychological trap.

(veterinary) A loop of cord used in obstetric cases, to hold or to pull a fetus from the mother animal.

(surgery) A similar looped instrument formerly used to remove tumours etc.

(music) A set of stiff wires held under tension against the lower skin of a drum to create a rattling sound.

(music) A snare drum.