gaiste1, m. (gs. ~, pl. -tí). Noose, snare, trap. ~ a chur, to set a trap. Breith ar rud i n~, to take sth. in a trap. Bheith ceaptha, gafa, i n~, to be caught in a trap. Teacht as ~, to escape from a trap; to get out of a difficulty. Bheith i ngaistí duine, to be in the toils of s.o.