Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) A pit deceitfully covered to entrap wild beasts or men; a trap of any kind.

Multi-Version Concordance Pitfall (3 Occurrences) Romans 11:9 David says, "Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, a stumbling block, and a retribution to them. (See RSV) Job 18:8 For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he wanders into its mesh. (See RSV) Lamentations 3:47 Terror and the pit are come upon us, desolation and destruction. (See NAS RSV NIV)