frape

British  

/ freɪp /

adjective

1. dialect tightly bound

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Etymology

Origin of frape

see _frap

Example Sentences

Having, with some difficulty, found the frape, I made the boat fast.

From The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

Through this ring, no man forbidding him, Mr. Hosken had run a frape, on which he kept his blue boat, now leased to Nicky for a nominal rent of sixpence a week.

From Shining Ferry by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

You can tie up the boat to the frape on your return; to-morrow will do for the keys; at your service any time after nine a.m.

From The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

On the frape at the alley's end his ferryboat lay moored as he had left it.

From Shining Ferry by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

Late that evening, when the household supposed him to be in bed, the boy crept down through the moonlit garden to the dinghy which Billy had left on its frape under the cliff.

From The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir