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trapping
(encz) | trapping,odchyt n: Zdeněk Brož |
trapping
(encz) | trapping,zachycování n: Zdeněk Brož |
Trapping
(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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trapping
(wn) | trapping
n 1: stable gear consisting of a decorated covering for a horse,
especially (formerly) for a warhorse [syn: caparison,
trapping, housing] |
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entrapping
(encz) | entrapping, |
strapping
(encz) | strapping,urostlý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
trappings
(encz) | trappings,čabraka Pavel Machektrappings,náčiní n: Pino |
Entrapping
(gcide) | Entrap \En*trap"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Entrapped; p. pr. & vb.
n. Entrapping.] [Pref. en- + trap: cf. OF. entraper.]
To catch in a trap; to insnare; hence, to catch, as in a
trap, by artifices; to involve in difficulties or distresses;
to catch or involve in contradictions; as, to be entrapped by
the devices of evil men.
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A golden mesh, to entrap the hearts of men. --Shak.
Syn: To insnare; inveigle; tangle; decoy; entangle.
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Strapping
(gcide) | Strap \Strap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Strapped; p. pr. & vb. n.
Strapping.]
1. To beat or chastise with a strap.
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2. To fasten or bind with a strap. --Cowper.
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3. To sharpen by rubbing on a strap, or strop; as, to strap a
razor.
[1913 Webster]Strapping \Strap"ping\, a.
Tall; strong; lusty; large; as, a strapping fellow. [Colloq.]
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There are five and thirty strapping officers gone.
--Farquhar.
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Trapping
(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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Trappings
(gcide) | Trappings \Trap"pings\, n. pl. [From Trap to dress with
ornaments.]
1. That which serves to trap or adorn; ornaments; dress;
superficial decorations.
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Trappings of life, for ornament, not use. --Dryden.
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These but the trappings and the suits of woe.
--Shak.
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2. Specifically, ornaments to be put on horses.
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Caparisons and steeds,
Bases and tinsel trappings. --Milton.
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Understrapping
(gcide) | Understrapping \Un"der*strap`ping\, a.
Becoming an understrapper; subservient. [R.] --Sterne.
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strapping
(wn) | strapping
adj 1: muscular and heavily built; "a beefy wrestler"; "had a
tall burly frame"; "clothing sizes for husky boys"; "a
strapping boy of eighteen"; "`buirdly' is a Scottish
term" [syn: beefy, burly, husky, strapping,
buirdly] |
trappings
(wn) | trappings
n 1: (usually plural) accessory wearing apparel [syn:
furnishing, trappings] |
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