trapping
An instance of ensnaring something or someoneAn instance of ensnaring something or someone.
» Her life has all the trappings of privilege.
Meaning
3 sensesAn instance of ensnaring something or someone.
An instance of ensnaring something or someone.
The capturing of furbearing animals in traps so as to harvest them for their pelts.
An ornamental covering or harness for a horse; caparison.
stable gear consisting of a decorated covering for a horse, especially (formerly) for a warhorse
Examples
2 sentencesHer life has all the trappings of privilege.
He had all the trappings of a great life.
Origin
From Middle English trappyng, trappynge, from trap, trappe (“personal belongings, owndomFrom Middle English trappyng, trappynge, from trap, trappe (“personal belongings, owndom, household goods”) (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 (“fringe, rags”), from Proto-Indo-European *drāp-, *drāb- (“rag”). Akin to Old High German traba (“fringe, tatters, thread”), Old Norse traf (“headscarf”). Compare Spanish trapo (“rag”).
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