Trape
//tɹeɪp// noun, verb
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A messy or untidy woman. obsolete
"Hard was his fate in this I own, / Nor will I for the trapes atone; / Indeed to guess I am not able, / What made her thus inexorable […]"
Verb
- 1 To drag. intransitive
"No, that coat's too big; it'll trape along the ground if you wear it."
- 2 To run about idly or like a slattern. intransitive
Example
More examples"Hard was his fate in this I own, / Nor will I for the trapes atone; / Indeed to guess I am not able, / What made her thus inexorable […]"
Etymology
Perhaps via Medieval Latin *trappa, from Old English træppe, treppe (“trap, snare”), from Proto-Germanic *trap-, from Proto-Indo-European *dreb-, from *der- (“to walk, step”).
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