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Description: | An iron gin trap for rats with base plate 'trigger' mechanism (this has two holes for tying bait to the plate, indicative of rat traps which are the only style of gin to have this feature) attached to the stock bar via the bridge, flat spring lever and toothed jaws; The jaws are closed upon activation by the movement of the spring eye upward over the standards of the opposing jaws (which the eye encompassess) trapping the rat by the leg. | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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