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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  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]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  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.
  
           Steeds . . . that trapped were in steel all glittering.
                                                    --Chaucer.
  
           To deck his hearse, and trap his tomb-black steed.
                                                    --Spenser.
  
           There she found her palfrey trapped In purple blazoned
           with armorial gold.                      --Tennyson.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  trapping
       n : stable gear consisting of a decorated covering for a horse,
           especially (formerly) for a warhorse [syn: caparison, trappings,
            housing, housings]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  trapping
       See trap

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  trapping
     Αγγλικά n.
     εορταστική ενδυμασία ίππος

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  trapping
     n.
     An instance of ensnaring something or someone.
     vb.
     (present participle of en trap nocat=1)
     n.
     An ornamental covering or harness for a horse; caparison.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  trapping
     n.
     An instance of ensnaring something or someone.
     vb.
     (present participle of en trap nocat=1)
     n.
     An ornamental covering or harness for a horse; caparison.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  trapping
     n.
     An instance of ensnaring something or someone.
     vb.
     (present participle of en trap nocat=1)
     n.
     An ornamental covering or harness for a horse; caparison.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  trapping
     n.
     An instance of ensnaring something or someone.
     vb.
     (present participle of en trap nocat=1)
     n.
     An ornamental covering or harness for a horse; caparison.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  trapping
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm t rap ping)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  trapping
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en trap ordform=prespart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb trap)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Trapping /tɹˈapɪŋ/
  الحصر

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  trapping /tɹˈapɪŋ/ 
  zachycování

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  trapping /tɹˈapɪŋ/ 
  odchyt