Found 2 items, similar to frapping.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: frapping
frapping
See
frap
frap
v 1: make secure by lashing;
“frap a sail”
2: take up the slack of;
“frap a rope”
[also:
frapping,
frapped]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Frapping
Frap
\Frap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Frapped; p. pr. & vb. n.
Frapping.] [Cf. F. frapper to strike, to seize ropes. Cf.
Affrap.]
1. (Naut.) To draw together; to bind with a view to secure
and strengthen, as a vessel by passing cables around it;
to tighten; as a tackle by drawing the lines together.
--Tottem.
[1913 Webster]
2. To brace by drawing together, as the cords of a drum.
--Knoght.
[1913 Webster]
Frapping
\Frap"ping\, n. [From
Frap.] (Naut.)
A lashing binding a thing tightly or binding things together.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]