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shrap

noun

A place baited with chaff to entice birds.

“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.”

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Meanings

nounshrap (plural shraps)

plural shraps · alternative scrap · alternative shrape

obsoleteA place baited with chaff to entice birds.
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.

Origin

Compare scrap and scrape.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with shrap

map cap gap app wrap strap rap snap sap lap unwrap overlap recap chap nap slap clap zap hap mishap knap lagniappe yapp entrap

Anagrams

sharp harps Spahr PHASR Sphar

Cite this entry

APA

shrap. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shrap

MLA

“shrap.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shrap. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shrap,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shrap.

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