La Trappe

¹

[ la trap ]

noun

1. an abbey in Normandy, France, at which the Trappist order was founded.

Trappe, La

²

[ French la trap ]

noun

1. La Trappe.

La Trappe

/ la trap /

noun

1. a monastery in NW France, in the village of Soligny-la-Trappe northeast of Alençon: founded in about 1140, site of the Trappist reform of Cistercian order in 1664

Example Sentences

In 2020, the agency greenlighted the developer’s plans to hook up the first 120 new homes to the town’s outdated wastewater treatment plant, which was discharging pollutants into a tributary of La Trappe Creek that empties into the Choptank River and eventually the bay.

From Washington Post

The plant was then discharging excess amounts of pollutants into a tributary of La Trappe Creek, which empties into the Choptank River and eventually the bay.

From Washington Post

Following the French Revolution, the painting was moved to the Louvre and then subsequently sent to the Abbaye de La Trappe, in the Orne region.

From BBC

When a commercial Dutch brewery took over operations in 1999, La Trappe beers no longer met the requirements of the ITA to be an Authentic Trappist Product.

From Los Angeles Times

Pairing for the match: The early game on Sunday calls for brunch, and La Trappe Dubbel is a great for brunch fare.

From Los Angeles Times