trap in

verb

Of a pigeon, to enter the loft after returning from a race or training flight.

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Meanings

verbtrap in (third-person singular simple present traps in, present participle trapped in, simple past and past participle trapping in)

present singular third person traps in · participle present trapped in · participle past trapping in · past trapping in

  1. Of a pigeon, to enter the loft after returning from a race or training flight.

    When Corker trapped in Monte put her ring in the hatch of the pigeon clock[.]

    1982, Paul Radley, My Blue-Checker Corker and Me, Sydney: Fontana/Collins, page 120
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APA

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Chicago

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