La Trappe

¹ American  

[la trap] / la ˈtrap /

noun

1. an abbey in Normandy, France, at which the Trappist order was founded.

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Trappe, La ² American  

[la trap] / la ˈtrap /

noun

1. La Trappe.

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La Trappe British  

/ la trap /

noun

1. a monastery in NW France, in the village of Soligny-la-Trappe northeast of Alençon: founded in about 1140, site of the Trappist reform of Cistercian order in 1664

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Example Sentences

The plant was then discharging excess amounts of pollutants into a tributary of La Trappe Creek, which empties into the Choptank River and eventually the bay.

From Washington Post • Feb. 12, 2022

She had mended her black 122 crêpe gown where I tore it when I hung in the shadow of death under the battlements of La Trappe.

From The Maids of Paradise by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)

You were mistaken for a hussar at 94 La Trappe; you were mistaken here for a hussar as long as the squad holding this house remained in Morsbronn.

From The Maids of Paradise by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)

Instantly I recognized in him the insolent priest who had confronted me on my way to La Trappe that morning.

From The Maids of Paradise by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)

At length, as we reached the summit of the sandy hill, “There is La Trappe, monsieur,” said my turkey-girl, and once more stretched out her lovely arm.

From The Maids of Paradise by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)