TRAPPINGS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does trappings mean? 

• TRAPPINGS (noun)
  The noun TRAPPINGS has 1 sense:

1. (usually plural) accessory wearing apparel

  Familiarity information: TRAPPINGS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRAPPINGS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(usually plural) accessory wearing apparel

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

furnishing; trappings

Hypernyms ("trappings" is a kind of...):

accessory; accouterment; accoutrement (clothing that is worn or carried, but not part of your main clothing)

Domain usage:

plural; plural form (the form of a word that is used to denote more than one)

 Context examples 

A sleek mule with red trappings was brought round from some neighboring shed for the physician, and he ambled away with much dignity upon his road to Southampton.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He worked on in the daze, strangely detached from the world around him, feeling like a familiar ghost among these literary trappings of his former life.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

You want love to have long-term implications, for you are ready to build a loving foundation for your life with all the trappings that come with commitment—a loving marriage, the purchase of property, greater security, and possibly the arrival and joy of children.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

I would as soon see you, Mr. Rochester, tricked out in stage-trappings, as myself clad in a court-lady's robe; and I don't call you handsome, sir, though I love you most dearly: far too dearly to flatter you.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

It was easy to see, as he approached, from the quality of his dress and the richness of his trappings, that he was a man of some wealth and position.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A white mule with red trappings, led by a varlet, carried Sir Nigel's own napery and table comforts.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)