Middle English Dictionary Entry
trap(pe n.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | trap(pe n.(2) Pl. trappes, trappen. |
| Etymology | OF drap cloth, AF trape caparison or L drap(p)us, ML trapus; cp. AF trappé decorated. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Ornamental and protective covering for a horse;—usu. pl.; also, a bridle or other part of a harness [last quot.]; (b) personal effects, gear.
Associated quotations
a
- (1311) Will Durham in Sur.Soc.214 : Item, Domino Johanni de Creppyng unam loricam et unam par de trappes.
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)1604 : Many..men miȝtten quyk yseen Many hors wiþ trappe [LinI: trappen] wryen, And kniȝttes beren baneres and schelde.
- a1450-1509 Rich.(Brunner)1524 : A messanger þer com rydand Vpon a stede whyt so mylke, His trappys wer of tuely sylke.
- ?a1475 PParv.(Win)488 : Trapp, or trappure: Falera, Fallere.
- c1450(a1375) Octav.(2) (Clg A.2)954 : Ferst þey sent out a doseper In blake armes vpon a destrere..He bar þre rochys of seluer clere In scheld and trappys.
- c1450(a1400) Libeaus (Clg A.2)286 : He bare a scheld of grene Wyth þre lyouns of gold schene: Well prowde and precyous; Of [s]wych lengell and trappes.
- ?a1500 Lndsb.Nominale (Lndsb)784/14 : Brida: a trappe.
b
- ?a1450 NHom.in NM 73 (Hnt HM 129)p.207 : And þat had þeuis hym reffte All bot a sachell þat þay lefft; Þar in þis hermyte put his trapp And hit to fynd had þay no happ.