Dictionary

trapping en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ˈtɹæpɪŋ/

Etymology

From trap.

Meanings

1. An instance of ensnaring something or someone.
2. An instance of ensnaring something or someone. ▸ The capturing of furbearing animals in traps so as to harvest them for their pelts.

Forms

Coordinates

hunting

Deriveds

nanotrapping · antitrapping · ovitrapping · nontrapping · cryotrapping · airtrapping · trappingly

Hyponyms

trip-trapping · Malaise trapping · spin trapping · cold trapping

trapping en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ˈtɹæpɪŋ/

Etymology

From trap.

Meanings

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of trap
   form of trap

trapping en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /ˈtɹæpɪŋ/

Etymology

From Middle English trappyng, trappynge, from trap, trappe (“personal belongings, owndom, household goods”) (compare Middle English trappen (“to deck, caparison”)), of uncertain origin. Possibly from Anglo-Norman, from Medieval Latin trapus (“cloth”), from Frankish *traba, *trapa (“cloth, thread, rag”), from Proto-Germanic *trabō, *trafą, *trēb (“fringe, rags”), from Proto-Indo-European *drāp-, *drāb- (“rag”). Akin to Old High German traba (“fringe, tatters, thread”), Old Norse traf (“headscarf”). Compare Spanish trapo (“rag”).

Meanings

1. An ornamental covering or harness for a horse; caparison.

Forms

Relateds

trappings