trape means A messy or untidy woman.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, trape ranks #2,613 of 42,762 for Qualifying.
trape is pronounced /tɹeɪ̯p/.
Etymology
Perhaps via Medieval Latin *trappa, from Old English træppe /treppe (“trap, snare”), from Proto-Germanic *trap-, from Proto-Indo-European *dreb-, from *der- (“to walk, step”).
noun
- A messy or untidy woman.e.g.“Hard was his fate in this I own, ¶ Nor will I for the trapes atone; ¶ Indeed to guess I am not able, ¶ What made her thus inexorable[…]” — 1678, Samuel Butler, Hudibras:
verb
- To drag.e.g.“No, that coat's too big; it'll trape along the ground if you wear it.”
- To run about idly or like a slattern.
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