[f. as prec. + -ING1.] The action of the vb. ENTRAP; † also the means of entrapping, a device, stratagem, wile.
1561. T. Norton, Calvin’s Inst., Pref. When he nothyng preuailed, he turned to suttle entrappynges.
1584. Powel, Lloyd’s Cambria, 19. They durst not persue the Welsh to the Mountaines for feare of Intrapping.
1594. Carew, Tasso (1881), 45. Sweete things to heare, entrappings very sweet.
1603. Knolles, Hist. Turks (1638), 316, marg. A notable stratagem of Scanderbeg for the intrapping of his enemies.
