Defn: A lifting or sliding door covering an opening in a roof or floor.
2. (Mining)
Defn: A door in a level for regulating the ventilating current; — called also weather door. Raymond. Trapdoor spider (Zoöl.), any one of several species of large spiders which make a nest consisting of a vertical hole in the earth, lined with a hinged lid, like a trapdoor. Most of the species belong to the genus Cteniza, as the California species (C. Californica).
TRAPE
Trape, v. i. Etym: [See Tramp, and cf. Traipse.]
Defn: To walk or run about in an idle or slatternly manner; to traipse. [Obs. or Colloq.]
TRAPES
Trapes, n. Etym: [See Trape.]
Defn: A slattern; an idle, sluttish, or untidy woman. [Obs. or
Colloq.]
TRAPES
Trapes, v. i.
Defn: To go about in an idle or slatternly fashion; to trape; to traipse. [Colloq.] Thackeray.
TRAPEZATE
Trap"e*zate, a. Etym: [See Trapezium.]