• Trapes

    Origin 1

    Full definition of trapes

    Verb

    1. Obsolete spelling of traipse

    Noun

    trapes

    (plural trapeses)
    1. Obsolete spelling of traipse

    Origin 2

    See trape.

    Noun

    trapes

    1. (obsolete, colloquial) A slattern; an idle, sluttish, or untidy woman.
      • HudibrasHe found the sullen trapes
        Possest with th' devil, worms, and claps.
      • GayFrom door to door I'd sooner whine and beg,
        Than marry such a trapes.
      • YoungSince full each other station of renown,
        Who would not be the greatest trapes in town?
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