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Trapping

noun

Stable gear consisting of a decorated covering for a horse, especially (formerly) for a warhorse. Synonyms: caparison, housing.

Trap

verb

(past & past part. trapped; pres. part. trapping)

Place in a confining or embarrassing position. Synonym: pin down.

Catch in or as if in a trap. Synonyms: ensnare, entrap, snare, trammel.

Hold or catch as if in a trap.

To hold fast or prevent from moving. Synonyms: immobilise, immobilize, pin.

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"Trapping" Quotes from Famous Books

... vanity extraordinarily interesting. As we sat together in his room waiting for the Carlisle train to come in he discoursed freely to me of his triumphs in detection, his wide-spread system of spying upon spies, his long delayed "sport" with some, and his ruthless rapid trapping of others. Men are never so interesting as when they talk shop, and as a talker of shop Dawson ...

— The Lost Naval Papers • Bennet Copplestone

... said Max, enigmatically, "but that is outside the picture. She took, as I tell you, with both hands, smiling very wisely to herself, holding her head very high. But when the head is held too high, the feet sometimes fall into a trap. It came suddenly—the trapping of ...

— Max • Katherine Cecil Thurston

... of this silken dwelling is exclusively designed for the domestic luxury of the spider; it serves no purpose in trapping or securing prey, and no external disturbance of the web tempts the creature to sally out to surprise an intruder, as the epeira and its ...

— Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon • J. Emerson Tennent

... Her Majesty agrees that her said Indians shall have right to pursue their avocations of hunting, trapping and fishing throughout the tract surrendered, subject to such regulations as may from time to time be made by the Government of the country acting under the authority of Her Majesty, and saving and excepting such tracts as may be required or taken up from time to time for settlement, ...

— The Treaties of Canada with The Indians of Manitoba - and the North-West Territories • Alexander Morris

... "I've heard my folks talking about him lots of times. He does a little trapping, they say, but spends most of his time studying animated nature. He knows every animal that ever lived on this continent, and the birds and insects too, I reckon. He's as smart as they make 'em, and used to be a college professor some people say, even if he ...

— The Boy Scouts of Lenox - Or The Hike Over Big Bear Mountain • Frank V. Webster

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