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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  trapped
       adj : forced to turn and face attackers; "a stag at bay"; "she had
             me cornered between the porch and her car"; "like a
             trapped animal" [syn: {at bay(p)}, {cornered}, {treed}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  trapped
       See {trap}

















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