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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Frap \Frap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Frapped}; p. pr & vb n.
{Frapping}.] [Cf. F. frapper to strike, to seize ropes. Cf
{Affrap}.]
1. (Naut.) To draw together; to bind with a view to secure
and strengthen, as a vessel by passing cables around it
to tighten; as a tackle by drawing the lines together.
--Tottem.
2. To brace by drawing together, as the cords of a drum.
--Knoght.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
frap
v 1: make secure by lashing; "frap a sail"
2: take up the slack of "frap a rope"
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