See quotation 1792.
1784. We saw the culheags, or log-traps, which the hunters set for sables.—Jeremy Belknap, ‘Tour of the White Mountains’ (1876), p. 13. (N.E.D.)
1792. The culheag, or log-trap, is used for taking wolves, bears, and martins. [A description follows.]—The same, ‘New Hampshire,’ iii. 90.
