Category:Tripping

Trip"ping, a.

1. Quick; nimble; stepping lightly and quickly.

2. (her.)

Defn: having the right forefoot lifted, the others remaining on the Ground, as if he were trotting; trippant; -- said of an animal, as a Hart, buck, and the like, used as a bearing.

Tripping Trip"ping, n.

1. Act of one who, or that which, trips.

2. A light dance. Other trippings to be trod of lighter toes. Milton.

3. (naut.)

Defn: the loosing of an anchor from the ground by means of its cable Or buoy rope. Tripping line (naut.), a small rope attached to the Topgallant or royal yard, used to trip the yard, and in lowering it To the deck; also, a line used in letting go the anchor. Luce.