trapstick

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word trapstick. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word trapstick, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say trapstick in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word trapstick you have here. The definition of the word trapstick will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition oftrapstick, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

English

Etymology

From trap +‎ stick.

Noun

trapstick (plural trapsticks)

  1. A stick used in playing the game of trapball.
  2. (figuratively, dated) A slender leg.
    • 1714 July 6 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison], “FRIDAY, June 25, 1714”, in The Spectator, number 559; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, , volume VI, New York, N.Y.: D Appleton & Company, 1853, →OCLC:
      These had made a foolish swop between a couple of thick bandy legs and two long trapsticks that had no calves to them
      The spelling has been modernized.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “trapstick”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia