sb. Obs. [f. SWIKE sb.2 + -LE.] A loop or noose in a trap. Hence † Swickle v., trans. to noose.
1621. Markham, Hunger’s Prevent., vi. 39. At the top you shall fasten a very strong loope or swickell of aboue an hundred Horse haires. Ibid., 41. They shall no sooner touch the Springe … but they shall presently be taken, and that member swickled which first toucheth the Springe.
