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trapping¹

  • /ˈtɹæpɪŋ/

Rhymes with -æpɪŋ

Where it comes from

From trap.

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of trap

noun trappings

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

trapping²

  • /ˈtɹæpɪŋ/

Rhymes with -æpɪŋ

Where it comes from

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”).

noun trappings

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

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: caparison, housing, housings, entrapment, scavenging, snap, burst, catch, besieging, fighter, capture, apprehension, trapdoor, hatch, accumulation, hunting

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@misc{trapping_2026,
  title = {trapping},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/trapping},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}