"shrap" meaning in English

See shrap in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: shraps [plural], scrap [alternative], shrape [alternative]
Rhymes: -æp Etymology: Compare scrap and scrape. Head templates: {{en-noun}} shrap (plural shraps)
  1. (obsolete) A place baited with chaff to entice birds. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-shrap-en-noun-ZGw2ohvy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

{
  "etymology_text": "Compare scrap and scrape.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "shraps",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scrap",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shrape",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "shrap (plural shraps)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "c. 1642, William Bedell, letter\nYou fell, like another dove, by the most chaffy shrap that ever was set before the eyes of winged fowl."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A place baited with chaff to entice birds."
      ],
      "id": "en-shrap-en-noun-ZGw2ohvy",
      "links": [
        [
          "bait",
          "bait"
        ],
        [
          "chaff",
          "chaff"
        ],
        [
          "entice",
          "entice"
        ],
        [
          "bird",
          "bird"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) A place baited with chaff to entice birds."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "rhymes": "-æp"
    }
  ],
  "word": "shrap"
}
{
  "etymology_text": "Compare scrap and scrape.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "shraps",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scrap",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shrape",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "shrap (plural shraps)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Rhymes:English/æp",
        "Rhymes:English/æp/1 syllable"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "c. 1642, William Bedell, letter\nYou fell, like another dove, by the most chaffy shrap that ever was set before the eyes of winged fowl."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A place baited with chaff to entice birds."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bait",
          "bait"
        ],
        [
          "chaff",
          "chaff"
        ],
        [
          "entice",
          "entice"
        ],
        [
          "bird",
          "bird"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) A place baited with chaff to entice birds."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "rhymes": "-æp"
    }
  ],
  "word": "shrap"
}

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