'Frapping' definitions:
Definition of 'Frapping'
From: GCIDE
- Frapping \Frap"ping\, n. [From Frap.] (Naut.) A lashing binding a thing tightly or binding things together. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Definition of 'Frapping'
From: GCIDE
- Frap \Frap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Frapped; p. pr. & vb. n. Frapping.] [Cf. F. frapper to strike, to seize ropes. Cf. Affrap.]
- 1. (Naut.) To draw together; to bind with a view to secure and strengthen, as a vessel by passing cables around it; to tighten; as a tackle by drawing the lines together. --Tottem. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To brace by drawing together, as the cords of a drum. --Knoght. [1913 Webster]