trapping
trapping (chiefly pl.) covering spread over harness XIV; (in wider use) external ornaments XVI. f. base of synon. †trappo(u)r (XIII) — AN. *trapour, var. of OF. drapure, f. drap cloth; with substitution of -ING1.
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