English Explanatory Dictionary

betrap

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To catch in a trap; entrap; ensnare; enclose.
verb
  1. To furnish (a horse) with trappings; deck; adorn.

Word forms

betrap betraps betrapping betrapped

Etymology

From Middle English betrappen, bitrappen, from Old English betræppan, betreppan (“to entrap, catch”), from Proto-West Germanic *bitrappjan, equivalent to be- + trap. Cognate with West Frisian betrappe, betraapje (“to catch, surprise”), Dutch betrappen (“to catch, surprise”).

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