trapping

Meanings

Verb

• Present participle of trap

Noun

• An instance of ensnaring something or someone.
• An ornamental covering or harness for a horse; caparison.

Origin

• From trap.
• From Middle English trappyng, trappynge, from trap (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, from Proto-Indo-European *drāp-, *drāb-. Akin to Old High German traba ("fringe, tatters, thread"), Old Norse traf ("headscarf"). Compare Spanish trapo ("rag").