trappa

1 trappa [ME trappe < AS treppe] 1 snare, trap. 1251 forestarii domini regis ‥ in parco ‥ invenerunt unam ~am tendatam SelPlForest 94; 1255 W. M. de L. est malefactor de venacione domini regis cum ~is Ib. 32; 1293 capientes venacionem domini regis cum arc' et sag' et cum ~is TR Forest Proc. 82 m. 3; ordinaverunt quod de virgulis et vigiminibus virentibus fierent sibi ~as pro ‥ bestiis capiendis Eul. Hist. Annot. II 217. 2 trap-door; b (in prison). 1241 [facias] quandam etiam novam porticum ante cameram regine cum quandam crappa [sic] fieri Liberate 15 m. 5 (cf. Pipe 177: 1241 et in ‥ quadam ‥ nova porticu ante cameram regine cum quadam ~a facienda); 1244 trapam ‥ decendentem in capella regis amoveri et in angulo aquilonari unum veicium fieri Ib. 20 m. 13; c1284 treppa [in the upper part of the Exchequer over the treasury, whereby the chief treasurer ‥ did enter without the knowledge ‥ of the chamberlain] (KR Ac) Cal. Ir. II 555; s1300 in j ~a facienda in summo aer' ejusdem turell' MinAc 863/8.  b 1301 pro factura unius trappi in camera ubi prisones imprisonabantur viij d. Pipe Chesh app. 211; 1305 pro ‥ v peciis ferri pro una magna barra ferrea pro ~a ejusdem prisone firmanda KR Ac 486/17 sched. 2.

2 trappa [ME trap(pe) < OF drap], garment worn with suit of armour. b ornamental or protective cloth spread over harness or saddle of a horse, trapping. 1277 quod ‥ Hugoni de O. in servicium regis eunti duas cooperturas ferreas et unam trepam, unam loricam, tres gambisones ‥ secum ducere permittant Cl 94 m. 11; 1289 idem reddit compotum de vj paribus ~arum, vj paribus platarum, viij aketonis, xviij bacinettis MinAc W. Wales 52; 1303 eidem [armurario] pro diversis mysis appositis ‥ circa facturam unius paris de trepp' pro principe, videlicet pro xiij unciis de serico ‥ pro punctura earundem KR Ac 363/18 f. 10d..  b c1468 [to Tho. Morys for bringing the horse-cloth] ~am equi Arch. Cant. XLVIII 63.