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Webster 1913 Edition

Trappings

Trap′pings

,
Noun.
pl.
[From
Trap
to dress with ornaments.]
1.
That which serves to trap or adorn; ornaments; dress; superficial decorations.
Trappings
of life, for ornament, not use.
Dryden.
These but the
trappings
and the suits of woe.
Shakespeare
2.
Specifically, ornaments to be put on horses.
Caparisons and steeds,
Bases and tinsel
trappings
.
Milton.

Webster 1828 Edition

Trappings

TRAP'PINGS

,
Noun.
plu.
[from trap. The primary sense is that which is set, spread or put on.]
1.
Ornaments of horse furniture.
Caparisons and steeds,
Bases and tinsel trappings--
2.
Ornaments; dress; external and superficial decorations.
These but the trappings and the suits of woe.
Trappings of life, for ornament, not use.
Affectation is part of the trappings of folly.

Definition 2024

trappings

trappings

English

Noun

trappings pl ‎(plural only)

  1. Clothing or equipment; that which gives the appearance of something.
    He went through his belongings, gradually shedding the trappings of youth.
  2. Ornamental coverings or harnesses for a horse; caparisons.
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Etymology 2

From trap.

Noun

trappings

  1. plural of trapping
  2. Instances of trapping.

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From trapping.

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