"trapping" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈtɹæpɪŋ/ Forms: trappings [plural]
Rhymes: -æpɪŋ Etymology: From trap. Head templates: {{en-noun}} trapping (plural trappings)
  1. An instance of ensnaring something or someone. Categories (lifeform): Horse tack Derived forms: Malaise trapping, spin trapping, trip-trapping
    Sense id: en-trapping-en-noun-WQ1R4mW~ Disambiguation of Horse tack: 68 26 6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 72 22 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 72 19 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 83 11 6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈtɹæpɪŋ/ Forms: trappings [plural]
Rhymes: -æpɪŋ Etymology: 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”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|trappyng}} Middle English trappyng, {{cog|enm|trappen||to deck, caparison}} Middle English trappen (“to deck, caparison”), {{der|en|xno|-}} Anglo-Norman, {{der|en|ML.|trapus||cloth}} Medieval Latin trapus (“cloth”), {{der|en|frk|*traba, *trapa||cloth, thread, rag}} Frankish *traba, *trapa (“cloth, thread, rag”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*trabō}} Proto-Germanic *trabō, {{der|en|ine-pro|*drāp-}} Proto-Indo-European *drāp-, {{cog|goh|traba||fringe, tatters, thread}} Old High German traba (“fringe, tatters, thread”), {{cog|non|traf||headscarf}} Old Norse traf (“headscarf”), {{cog|es|trapo||rag}} Spanish trapo (“rag”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} trapping (plural trappings)
  1. An ornamental covering or harness for a horse; caparison. Related terms: trappings
    Sense id: en-trapping-en-noun-ufm-6LpN
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /ˈtɹæpɪŋ/
Rhymes: -æpɪŋ Etymology: From trap. Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} trapping
  1. present participle and gerund of trap Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: trap
    Sense id: en-trapping-en-verb-RbO3Q0rR
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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