Definition of "tanglefoot" []

• Low-quality whiskey, especially home-brewed. (noun)
• A sticky substance put at the base of trees or other plants to trap insects and prevent them from climbing up. (noun)

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• "The application of bands of burlap or "tanglefoot," or of other substances often seen on the trunks of elm trees is useless, since these bands only prevent the larvae from crawling down from the leaves to the base and serve to prevent nothing from crawling up."
• "In the distance half a dozen sand-spouts, swiftly-moving white pillars, looking like desert genii with too much "tanglefoot" aboard, were careering about in every direction."
• "It was hard to keep him away from such places, for he loved gambling and practical joking, not to speak of "tanglefoot," to such a degree that he could not be held back."