▪ I. † aˈttrap, v.1 Obs.
[a. F. attrape-r, OF. atraper, f. à to, at + trappe trap.]
To catch in, or as in, a trap; to entrap.
| 1524 State Pa. Hen. 8, VI. 258 To practise and attrapp Mons. de Bourbon. 1588 A. King Canisius' Catech. 36 He..hes strowed all our wayes with girnes, to attrape our saules. 1681 Dineley Tour in Irel. in Trans. Kilkenny Archæol. Soc Ser. ii. II. 24, I have seen his hunts men halter, at-trap, and put ropes upon ye heads of good bucks. |
▪ II. † aˈttrap, v.2 Obs.
Chiefly in pa. pple. attrapped, attrapt.
[f. a- prefix 11 + trap v.]
Furnished with trappings. (Said of a horse.)
| 1580 Baret Alv. A 704 Attrapped royally, Instratus ornatu regio. 1596 Spenser F.Q. iv. iv. 39 And all his steed With oaken leaves attrapt. 1600 Holland Livy 858 (R.) Shall your horse bee attrapped and barbed more richly? 1693 Robertson Phraseol. Gen. 178 Attrap, Phaleris ornare. |