thrapple

British  

/ ˈθræpəl /

noun

1. the throat or windpipe

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verb

1. to throttle

Etymology

Origin of thrapple

C18: a variant of earlier thropple, of uncertain origin

Example Sentences

Yusuf’s dead and buried the noo; and if I were farther beyant the grip of them that kenned him, my thrapple would feel all the sounder!’

From A Modern Telemachus by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

All this is accurately true   And, faith! there might be more said; But—well, to save your thrapple you     Fled, as aforesaid.

From Black Beetles in Amber by Bierce, Ambrose

With him was McNeilage, his mate, his face red and shining like a well-fed minister, and the drink to his thrapple.

From The McBrides A Romance of Arran by Sillars, John

He stoppit efter a whilie, an' syne my lad quietly tnaks twa raw eggs on the edge o' a cup, an' doon his thrapple wi' them.

From My Man Sandy by Salmond, J. B.

The strap o' the bushbie was roond his thrapple, an' was juist aboot stranglin' him, when I cut it wi' the ham knife.

From My Man Sandy by Salmond, J. B.