trapsn.
/traps/ colloquial.
With plural agreement. Portable articles for dress, furniture, or use; personal effects; baggage; belongings.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > [noun]
clothesc888
hattersOE
shroudc1000
weedOE
shrouda1122
clothc1175
hatteringa1200
atourc1220
back-clout?c1225
habit?c1225
clothingc1275
cleadinga1300
dubbinga1300
shroudinga1300
attirec1300
coverturec1300
suitc1325
apparel1330
buskingc1330
farec1330
harness1340
tire1340
backs1341
geara1350
apparelmentc1374
attiringa1375
vesturec1385
heelinga1387
vestmentc1386
arraya1400
graitha1400
livery1399
tirementa1400
warnementa1400
arrayment1400
parelc1400
werlec1400
raiment?a1425
robinga1450
rayc1450
implements1454
willokc1460
habiliment1470
emparelc1475
atourement1481
indumenta1513
reparel1521
wearing gear1542
revesture1548
claesc1550
case1559
attirement1566
furniture1566
investuring1566
apparelling1567
dud1567
hilback1573
wear1576
dress1586
enfolding1586
caparison1589
plight1590
address1592
ward-ware1598
garnish1600
investments1600
ditement1603
dressing1603
waith1603
thing1605
vestry1606
garb1608
outwall1608
accoutrementa1610
wearing apparel1617
coutrement1621
vestament1632
vestiment1637
equipage1645
cask1646
aguise1647
back-timbera1656
investiture1660
rigging1664
drapery1686
vest1694
plumage1707
bussingc1712
hull1718
paraphernalia1736
togs1779
body clothing1802
slough1808
toggery1812
traps1813
garniture1827
body-clothes1828
garmenture1832
costume1838
fig1839
outfit1840
vestiture1841
outer womana1845
outward man1846
vestiary1846
rag1855
drag1870
clo'1874
parapherna1876
clobber1879
threads1926
mocker1939
schmatte1959
vine1959
kit1989
the mind > possession > possessions > [noun] > personal or movable property > personal belongings > portable
harnessc1330
baggagec1430
truss1587
luggage1596
traps1813
kit1834
swag1853
society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > [noun] > equipment for a journey > baggage
trousseauc1230
harnessc1330
fardel1388
flittinga1400
stuff?a1400
baggagec1430
trussellc1440
carriagec1450
trussagec1500
traffic1538
trussery1548
traffe1566
sumpture1567
truss1587
needment1590
luggage1596
sumptery1620
piece1809
traps1813
roll-up1831
dunnage1834
kit1834
way baggage1836
swag1853
drum1861
swag bag1892
1813 R. M. Cairnes Let. 4 Apr. in Dickson MSS. (1910) 3rd Ser. 866 The rest [of the carriages] is for the Jolly Captain's Shirts and Stockings, &c., besides a mule for his other traps.
1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Traps, small tools or implements, always used in the plural number; equivalent to the classical arma.
1830 Chron. in Ann. Reg. 153/2 This was the general signal for getting our ‘traps’ on the ice.
1831 John Bull 7 Aug. 254 No one thought..that only three days afterwards he would be obliged to pack up his traps and be off.
1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple I. xiii. 191 I packed up my traps and went on shore.
1887 J. Ball Notes Naturalist in S. Amer. 194 To carry some of the traps with which a botanist is usually encumbered.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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