trape

English

Etymology

Probably via a Medieval Latin *trappa from Old English træppe, treppe (“trap, snare”), from Proto-Germanic *trap-, from Proto-Indo-European *dreb-, from *der- (“walk, step”).

Noun

trape (plural trapes)

1. (obsolete) A messy or untidy woman.
   • 1678, Samuel Butler, Hudibras:

     Hard was his fate in this I own, / Nor will I for the trapes atone; / Indeed to guess I am not able, / What made her thus inexorable […]

Verb

trape (third-person singular simple present trapes, present participle traping, simple past and past participle traped)

1. (intransitive) To drag.

   No, that coat's too big; it'll trape along the ground if you wear it.

Anagrams

• Peart, Petra, apert, apter, parte, pater, peart, petar, petra, prate, preta, reapt, repat, retap, taper, treap

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Old French

Alternative forms

• trappe

Etymology

Frankish *trappa (“trap, snare”), from Proto-Germanic *trap-, *tramp- (“to step”). More at English trap.

Noun

trape f (oblique plural trapes, nominative singular trape, nominative plural trapes)

1. trap (device design to ensnare or trap)
2. hiding place

Descendants

• French: trappe

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (trape)
• trappe on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

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Spanish

Etymology

From French draper

Noun

trape m (plural trapes)

1. (dated) intermediate fabric used to make drapery.