1. Having the form of a trapezoid; trapezoid.
2. (Min.) Trapezohedral.
Traphole
(Trap"hole) n. (Mil.) See Trou-de-loup.
Trappean
(Trap"pe*an) a. [Cf. F. trappéen. See Trap a kind of rock.] (Min.) Of or pertaining to trap; being
of the nature of trap.
Trapper
(Trap"per) n. [From Trap to insnare.]
1. One who traps animals; one who makes a business of trapping animals for their furs. W. Irving.
2. (Mining) A boy who opens and shuts a trapdoor in a gallery or level. Raymond.
Trappings
(Trap"pings) n. 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.
Shak. 2. Specifically, ornaments to be put on horses.
Caparisons and steeds,
Bases and tinsel trappings.
Milton. Trappist
(Trap"pist) n. [F. trappiste.] (R. C. Ch.) A monk belonging to a branch of the Cistercian Order,
which was established by Armand de Rancé in 1660 at the monastery of La Trappe in Normandy. Extreme
austerity characterizes their discipline. They were introduced permanently into the United States in 1848,
and have monasteries in Iowa and Kentucky.
Trappous
(Trap"pous) n. [From Trap a kind of rock.] (Min.) Of or performance to trap; resembling trap,
or partaking of its form or qualities; trappy.
Trappures
(Trap"pures) n. pl. [See Trap to dress.] Trappings for a horse. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Trappy
(Trap"py) a. (Min.) Same as Trappous.
Traps
(Traps) n. pl. [See Trappings, and Trap to dress.] Small or portable articles for dress, furniture,
or use; goods; luggage; things. [Colloq.]
Trapstick
(Trap"stick`) n. A stick used in playing the game of trapball; hence, fig., a slender leg. Addison.
Trash
(Trash) n. [Cf. Icel. tros rubbish, leaves, and twigs picked up for fuel, trassi a slovenly fellow,
Sw. trasa a rag, tatter.]
1. That which is worthless or useless; rubbish; refuse.
Who steals my purse steals trash.
Shak.
A haunch of venison would be trash to a Brahmin.
Landor. 2. Especially, loppings and leaves of trees, bruised sugar cane, or the like.
In the West Indies, the decayed leaves and stems of canes are called field trash; the bruised or macerated
rind of canes is called cane trash; and both are called trash. B. Edwards.
