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Betrap

Betrap \Be*trap"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Betrapped.]

  1. To draw into, or catch in, a trap; to insnare; to circumvent.
    --Gower.

  2. To put trappings on; to clothe; to deck.

    After them followed two other chariots covered with red satin, and the horses betrapped with the same.
    --Stow.

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betrap

Etymology 1 vb. (context transitive English) To catch in a trap; entrap; ensnare; circumvent; enclose. Etymology 2

vb. (context transitive English) To furnish (a horse) with trappings; deck; adorn.

Usage examples of "betrap".

Feist SHARDS OF A BROKEN CROWN below it any soldiers coming down along the base of the hills would betrapped in a narrowing defile.

UnlessGrof could get them into that room, they would betrapped in this lonely stretch of corridor, with thealarm screeching in their ears.