Defn: Of or pertaining to trap; being of the nature of trap.
TRAPPER
Trap"per, n. Etym: [From Trap to insnare.]
1. One who traps animals; one who makes a business of trapping animals for their furs. W. Irving.
2. (Mining)
Defn: A boy who opens and shuts a trapdoor in a gallery or level.
Raymond.
TRAPPINGS
Trap"pings, n. pl. Etym: [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. Etym: [F. trappiste.] (R. C. Ch.)
Defn: 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.