vbl. sb. [f. FRAP v. + -ING1.] The action of the vb. FRAP in various senses; an instance of this; also concr. a lashing. Frapping turns (see quot. 1867).
1804. A. Duncan, Mariner’s Chron., Preface, p. viii. After all the turns are drawn as firmly as possible, the opposite ones are braced together under a bowsprit by a frapping.
1859. F. A. Griffiths, The Artillerist’s Manual (1862), 216. 3 takes hold of the tube at the frapping with both hands, backs down.
1867. Smyth, Sailor’s Word-bk., s.v., The frapping increases tension. Ibid., Frapping turns, in securing the booms at sea the several turns of the lashings are frapped in preparation for the succeeding turns.
1882. Nares, Seamanship (ed. 6), 184. Pass a hawser round outside the rigging ready for frapping in a wreck.
