Trapping
/ˈtɹæpɪŋ/ noun, verb
noun, verb ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 An instance of ensnaring something or someone.
- 2 An ornamental covering or harness for a horse; caparison.
- 3 stable gear consisting of a decorated covering for a horse, especially (formerly) for a warhorse wordnet
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of trap form-of, gerund, participle, present
Example
More examples"The police sectioned off a 20-mile radius of the city in hopes of trapping the suspect."
Etymology
Etymology 1
From trap.
Etymology 2
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”).