·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Frap.
II. Frapping ·add. ·noun A lashing binding a thing tightly or binding things together.
The act of crossing and drawing together the several parts of a tackle, or other complication of rop...
The Sailor's Word-Book
In securing the booms at sea the several turns of the lashings are frapped in preparation for the su...
The act of passing four or five turns of a large cable-laid rope round a ship's hull when it is appr...