subs. (common).See quots. Ital. galletto (= little cock).
c. 1696. B. E., A New Dictionary of the Canting Crew, s.v. LOUSELAND. A Scotch LOUSE-TRAP, a comb.
1725. A New Canting Dictionary, s.v.
1748. T. DYCHE, A New General English Dictionary (5 ed.). LOUSE-TRAP (S.) a small-toothed or fine comb.
1785. GROSE, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, s.v.