Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com

frap

American  
[frap] / fræp /

verb (used with object)

Nautical.
frapped, frapping
  1. to bind or wrap tightly with ropes or chains.


frap British  
/ fræp /

verb

  1. (tr) nautical to lash down or together

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of frap

1300–50; Middle English frappen < Old French fraper to strike, beat, probably < Germanic (compare Old Norse hrapa to hurl, hurry)

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

Bake, cool, wrap in plastic frap, and freeze in a freezer bag, and make the cream cheese frosting the day before or day of.

From Salon Nov. 6, 2021

Since the announcement of the specialty beverage’s launch, baristas, and some sympathetic customers, have been tweeting out against anyone ordering the Tie-Dye frap.

From Fox News Jul. 10, 2019

"Then, I hear again, 'Banana nut bread for Chang.' I'm like, OK, probably the same order. Then, followed by that was the chocolate frap," Festejo continued.

From Fox News Dec. 2, 2018

I thoroughly washed the caramel frap residue and filled it to the brim with tap water.

From Salon Jul. 10, 2012

“Um, a caramel frap, a fat-free soy latte, and...”

From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon

Pouted one newspaper: "They've even frapped our innocent flippers."

From Time Magazine Archive

This route has got the N. M. & Q. frapped to suds.

From Lost Farm Camp by Knibbs, Harry Herbert

The ship was besides frapped from the fore-mast to the main-mast.

From Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy A weird series of tales of shipwreck and disaster, from the earliest part of the century to the present time, with accounts of providential escapes and heart-rending fatalities. by Anonymous

All superfluous gear aloft was sent below; shrouds were frapped to resist shell-fire, and the fore-top-mast was housed.

From The Fight for Constantinople A Story of the Gallipoli Peninsula by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)

Then, taking the jib, we "frapped" it round the opening where the bows had been, lashing it securely in that position.

From The Cruise of the Cachalot Round the World After Sperm Whales by Bullen, Frank T.

It will be wormed throughout, and parcelled in the wake of the housing-bolt and frapping lashing, and where there is no swell, in the wake of the muzzle-ring.

From Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. by United States. Navy Dept. Bureau of Ordnance

The frapping increases tension, and consequently adds to the security acquired by the purchase; hence the cat-harpings were no other than frappings to the shrouds.

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir

Consists of a grommet made of rope double the size of the gun-tackle falls, with two cringles worked into it for the frapping lashing, which will be of stuff half the size of the tackle-falls.

From Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. by United States. Navy Dept. Bureau of Ordnance

Accordingly they jostled one another and each took to frapping his fellow, making the while loud outcries.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 14 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

Presently the Charley came up and, finding a Nazarene kneeling on a Moslem and frapping him, asked, "What harm hath this one done?"; and the Broker answered, "The fellow meant to snatch off my turband."

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 01 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Dictionary.com's Learning Companion

Go beyond just looking up words.
Remember them forever with VocabTrainer.

Start training