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Definition of Mantrap
1. Noun. A very attractive or seductive looking woman.
Generic synonyms: Adult Female, Woman
Derivative terms: Dishy, Stun
2. Noun. A trap for catching trespassers.
Definition of Mantrap
1. n. A trap for catching trespassers.
Definition of Mantrap
1. Noun. Any device used to physically entrap humans ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mantrap
1. a trap for catching men [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mantrap
Literary usage of Mantrap
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of Solomon Sidesplitter [pseud.]: A Collection of Witticisms (1884)
"... and Gin the English for Trap: ergo, that Virgin was only another word for
mantrap.— He was discharged with a caution against being over-witty in future. ..."
2. Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance by Warren Upham (1920)
"mantrap township, with its mantrap. Crooked, and Spider lakes, before noticed,
has Waboose lake in section 2, meaning a rabbit in the Ojibway language; ..."
3. Collections of the Minnesota Historical Society by Minnesota Historical Society (1920)
"mantrap township, with its mantrap, Crooked, and Spider lakes, before noticed,
has Waboose lake in section 2, meaning a rabbit in the Ojibway language; ..."
4. Recreation by George O. Shields, American Canoe Association, League of American Sportsmen (1898)
"Said the Judge to the Cook, " How would you like to camp for 2 weeks on the '
mantrap? ''' "First rate," said the Cook; "when can we start? ..."
5. Summary of the Criminal Law by Henry John Stephen (1834)
"1, if any person shall set or place, or cause to be set or placed, any spring-gun,
mantrap, or other engine calculated to destroy human life or inflict ..."
6. The New System of Criminal Procedure, Pleading and Evidence in Indictable by John Frederick Archbold (1852)
"The setting of the spring gun, mantrap, or other engine, as mentioned in the
indictment ... That the gnn was so loaded and set, or the mantrap, &c., so set, ..."
7. Encyclopædia of the Laws of England with Forms and Precedents by the Most by Alexander Wood Renton, Maxwell Anderson Robertson, Frederick Pollock, William Bowstead (1907)
"mantrap.—A gin or other device to catch trespassers. It is a misdemeanor to set
or place, or cause to be set or placed, any mantrap, spring-gun, ..."
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