skee trap

noun

: a trap used in trap and skeet shooting that is mounted in such a way as to make possible its inclination at any desired horizontal or vertical angle before the target is thrown

called also joker trap

Word History

Etymology

perhaps so called from the resemblance of the trajectories of the targets to those of ski jumpers

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