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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FRAP, v.t. In seamen's language, to cross and draw together the several parts of a tackle to increase the tension.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: make secure by lashing; "frap a sail"
2: take up the slack of; "frap a rope"

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb (frapped; frapping) Etymology: Middle English, to strike, beat, from Anglo-French fraper Date: 1548 to draw tight (as with ropes or cables) <frap a sail>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. (frapped, frapping) Naut. bind tightly. Etymology: F frapper bind, strike

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.