Meaning

noun stable gear consisting of a decorated covering for a horse, especially (formerly) for a warhorse

verb place in a confining or embarrassing position

verb catch in or as if in a trap

originFrom 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-,…

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