trapping meaning: definition, etymology

trapping

noun

/ˈtɹæpɪŋ/

Etymology From trap.

An instance of ensnaring something or someone.

The capturing of furbearing animals in traps so as to harvest them for their pelts.

Derived terms: airtrapping, antitrapping, cryotrapping, nanotrapping, nontrapping, ovitrapping, trappingly
Hyponyms: cold trapping, Malaise trapping, spin trapping, trip-trapping

trapping

noun

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”).

An ornamental covering or harness for a horse; caparison.

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