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shrap

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • rhymes with -æp

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noun

Meaning 1

A place baited with chaff to entice birds.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

Examples

  • c. 1642, William Bedell, letter You fell, like another dove, by the most chaffy shrap that ever was set before the eyes of winged fowl.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Compare scrap and scrape.