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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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