frape

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/ (freɪp) /


adjective
  1. Southwest English dialect tightly bound

Origin of frape

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see frap

Words Nearby frape

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How to use frape in a sentence

  • On the frape at the alley's end his ferryboat lay moored as he had left it.

    Shining Ferry | Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
  • At the landing-place there lies a frape-boat, as our seamen call it, to take in the salt.

    A Voyage to New Holland | William Dampier
  • They found the gig moored there on a frape, dragged her to shore, and tumbled in.

    News from the Duchy | Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch