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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
trap \trap\, v. t. imp. p. p. trapped; p. pr. vb. n.
trapping. akin to oe. trappe trappings, and perhaps from
an old french word of the same origin as e. drab a kind of
cloth.
to dress with ornaments; to adorn; -- said especially of
horses.
1913 webster
steeds . . . that trapped were in steel all glittering.
--chaucer.
1913 webster
to deck his hearse, and trap his tomb-black steed.
--spenser.
1913 webster
there she found her palfrey trapped
in purple blazoned with armorial gold. --tennyson.
1913 webster
see also:
trapped trapping
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
trap
n 1: a device in which something usually an animal can be
caught and penned
2: drain consisting of a u-shaped section of drainpipe that
holds liquid and so prevents a return flow of sewer gas
3: something often something deceptively attractive that
catches you unawares; "the exam was full of trap
questions"; "it was all a snare and delusion" syn: snare
4: a device to hurl clay pigeons into the air for trapshooters
5: the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack
by surprise syn: ambush, ambuscade, lying in wait
6: informal terms for the mouth syn: cakehole, hole, maw,
yap, gob
7: a light two-wheeled carriage
8: a hazard on a golf course syn: bunker, sand trap
v 1: place in a confining or embarrassing position; "he was
trapped in a difficult situation"
2: catch in or as if in a trap; "the men trap foxes" syn: entrap,
snare, ensnare, trammel
3: hold or catch as if in a trap; "the gaps between the teeth
trap food particles"
4: to hold fast or prevent from moving; "the child was pinned
under the fallen tree" syn: pin, immobilize, immobilise
also: trapping, trapped
see also:
snare ambush ambuscade lying in wait cakehole hole
maw yap gob bunker sand trap
entrap ensnare trammel pin immobilize
immobilise trapping trapped
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
trapping
n : stable gear consisting of a decorated covering for a horse,
especially formerly for a warhorse syn: caparison, trappings,
housing, housings
see also:
caparison trappings housing housings
- [4] : WordNet (r) 2.0
trapping
see trap
see also:
trap
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