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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

	Trap \Trap\, v. t. [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.
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         Steeds . . . that trapped were in steel all glittering.
                                                  --Chaucer.
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         To deck his hearse, and trap his tomb-black steed.
                                                  --Spenser.
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         There she found her palfrey trapped
         In purple blazoned with armorial gold.   --Tennyson.
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Source: WordNet (r) 2.0

	trap
     n 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]
     v 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]

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0

	trapping
     n : stable gear consisting of a decorated covering for a horse,
         especially (formerly) for a warhorse [syn: caparison, trappings,
          housing, housings]

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0