trapping

Contents

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æpɪŋ

Etymology 1

From trap.

Verb

trapping

1. present participle of trap

Noun

trapping (plural trappings)

1. An instance of ensnaring something or someone.

Etymology 2

Middle English 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”).

Noun

trapping (plural trappings)

1. An ornamental covering or harness for a horse; caparison.

See also

• trappings