Trapping

//ˈtɹæpɪŋ// noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An instance of ensnaring something or someone.
  2. 2
    An ornamental covering or harness for a horse; caparison.
  3. 3
    stable gear consisting of a decorated covering for a horse, especially (formerly) for a warhorse wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of trap form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

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caparisoncaparisondeceithousingparaphernalia

Example

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"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”).

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