trapping
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From trap.
VerbEdit
trapping
NounEdit
trapping (plural trappings)
- An instance of ensnaring something or someone.
Etymology 2Edit
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”).
NounEdit
trapping (plural trappings)
- An ornamental covering or harness for a horse; caparison.