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frap

[ frap ]

verb (used with object)

, Nautical.
, frapped, frap·ping.
  1. to bind or wrap tightly with ropes or chains.


frap

/ fræp /

verb

  1. tr nautical to lash down or together
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of frap1

1300–50; Middle English frappen < Old French fraper to strike, beat, probably < Germanic (compare Old Norse hrapa to hurl, hurry)
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Word History and Origins

Origin of frap1

C14: from Old French fraper to hit, probably of imitative origin
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Example Sentences

FRAP allows mnemonic symbols to be used for the instructions.

Come, come; dunna fly up in a frap; a body conno carry oytch mander o' think eh their nob.

Frap the first and riding turns together on each side with sennit.

I'm not much in that line myself, but don't you think maybe an odd word wouldn't be some help like in this frap?

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