TRAP'PINGS, noun plural [from trap. The primary sense is that which is set, spread or put on.] 1. Ornaments of horse furniture. Caparisons and steeds, Bases and tinsel trappings-- 2. Ornaments; dress; external and superficial decorations. These but the trappings and the suits of woe. Trappings of life, for ornament, not use. Affectation is part of the trappings of folly.
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