[f. TRAP v.1 + -ING2.] That traps or entraps: see TRAP v.1
a. 1548. Hall, Chron., Hen. VII., 22. He allured and enticed with moost flatterynge woordes and trappynge termes, the lady Anne.
1551. T. Wilson, Logike (1580), 85 b. They are called trappyng argumentes, because fewe that aunswered vnto them, can auoide daunger.
1821. Clare, Vill. Minstr., II. 63. Leave, oh leave the murky barn, Ere trapping spiders thee discern.
