trap
verb
- to use a device for catching an intruder or prey; type of tactic
- to catch in or as if in a trap, caught
noun
- device for catching an intruder or prey; type of tactic
- device to remotely catch an animal
- secret compartment in an automobile
- pipe to prevent the release of gases
- code or signal designed to capture errors and reveal where they are
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /tɹæp/ / [t̠ɹ̠̊˔æp] / [t̠ɹ̠̊˔ap]
noun
Etymology: Clipping of trapezius.
- The trapezius muscle.
verb
Etymology: Akin to Middle English trappe (“trappings, gear”), and perhaps from Old Northern French trape, a byform of Old French drap, a word of the same origin as English drab (“a kind of cloth”).
- To dress with ornaments; to adorn (especially said of horses).
“To decke his herce, and trap his tomb-blacke steed”
“[T]here she found her palfrey trapt / In purple blazon'd with armorial gold.”