Birdlime Buhrd Lym Verb Tr Ensnare Noun Sticky Substance

verb tr.: To ensnare.

noun: Something that ensnares.

[From birdlime (a sticky substance made from holly, mistletoe, or other plants, and smeared on branches and twigs to catch small birds), from bird + lime, from Latin limus (slime). Earliest documented use: 1440.]

"Some dozen of these villains had her birdlimed inside a shepherd's hut when our patrol chanced upon them." - Steven Pressfield; Last of the Amazons; Bantam; 2003.