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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Trap \Trap\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Trapped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Trapping}.] [Akin to OE. trappe trappings, and perhaps from an Old French word of the same origin as E. drab a kind of cloth.] To dress with ornaments; to adorn; -- said especially of horses.
Steeds . . . that trapped were in steel all glittering. --Chaucer.
To deck his hearse, and trap his tomb-black steed. --Spenser.
There she found her palfrey trapped In purple blazoned with armorial gold. --Tennyson.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
trap
noun
1: a device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned
2: drain consisting of a U-shaped section of drainpipe that holds liquid and so prevents a return flow of sewer gas
3: something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares; "the exam was full of trap questions"; "it was all a snare and delusion" [syn: {snare}]
4: a device to hurl clay pigeons into the air for trapshooters
5: the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise [syn: {ambush}, {ambuscade}, {lying in wait}]
6: informal terms for the mouth [syn: {cakehole}, {hole}, {maw}, {yap}, {gob}]
7: a light two-wheeled carriage
8: a hazard on a golf course [syn: {bunker}, {sand trap}]
verb
1: place in a confining or embarrassing position; "He was trapped in a difficult situation"
2: catch in or as if in a trap; "The men trap foxes" [syn: {entrap}, {snare}, {ensnare}, {trammel}]
3: hold or catch as if in a trap; "The gaps between the teeth trap food particles"
4: to hold fast or prevent from moving; "The child was pinned under the fallen tree" [syn: {pin}, {immobilize}, {immobilise}] [also: {trapping}, {trapped}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
trapped
adjective: forced to turn and face attackers; "a stag at bay"; "she had me cornered between the porch and her car"; "like a trapped animal" [syn: {at bay(p)}, {cornered}, {treed}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
trapped See {trap}
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