▪ I. betrap, v.1 Obs.
(bɪˈtræp)
Also 1 betræppan, 3–4 bi-, betrappe(n, 5–6 betrappe.
[OE. betręppan, -træppan, f. be- 1 + tręppan to trap. Cf. the later attrap from Fr.]
trans. To catch in a trap, entrap, ensnare, circumvent, enclose.
| a 1000 O.E. Chron. an. 992 (MS. C), Meahton hy þone here betreppan [MS. F. betræppan, E. betræppen]. a 1225 Ancr. R. 174 Beo heo bitrappet [MS. C. bitreppet] þer ute. c 1490 Caxton Four Sons Aymon xvi. (1885) 384 Ha, ha Reynawde, by my soule ye be now taken & betrapped! 1570 Levins Manip. 27 To Betrappe, irretire, circumuenire. 1575 Churchyard Chippes (1817) 154 Betrapt in penfold close. [1848 Petrie & Stev. tr. O.E. Chron. (1853) 75 Could anywhere betrap the army about.] |
b. fig.
| 1393 Gower Conf. III. 257 Her innocence to betrappe. 1556 Abp. Parker Psalter cxl. 403 Let theyr lippes in crafty wickednes Betrap themselfe. |
▪ II. † beˈtrap, v.2 Obs.
[f. be- 1 + trap v.2]
trans. To furnish (a horse, etc.) with trappings; to deck, adorn. lit. and fig.
| 1509 Hawes Past. Pleas. xxvii. lviii, Wyth haute courage betrapped fayre and gaye. 1593 Nashe Christ's T. Wks. 1883 I. 4 note, Was neuer whore of Babylon so betrapt with abhominations. 1597 R. Johnson Sev. Champ. i. xii. 87 A sable-coloured steed, betrapped with bars of burnished gold. |