trapping
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From trap.
Verb edit
trapping
- present participle and gerund of trap
Noun edit
trapping (plural trappings)
- An instance of ensnaring something or someone.
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
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 edit
trapping (plural trappings)
- An ornamental covering or harness for a horse; caparison.