frapping

== English == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -æpɪŋ === Verb === frapping present participle and gerund of frap === Noun === frapping (countable and uncountable, plural frappings) (nautical, usually in the plural) Rope lashed tightly over the rigging or other area. == Fingallian == === Etymology === From Middle English frappyng. === Noun === frapping beating 1689 James Farewell, The Irish Hudibras, or, Fingallian prince taken from the sixth book of Virgil's Æneids, and adapted to the present times. (Appendix: "Alphabetical Table" of "Fingallian Words, or Irish Phrases"):