trapfall

Synonym of pitfall (“trap consisting of a concealed pit”).

Noun

  1. Synonym of pitfall (“trap consisting of a concealed pit”).
    • And so he ranted and raved but suddenly ran into a trapfall and was nearly unable to escape. - 2007, Stuart Sargent, The Poetry of He Zhu (1052-1125) (page 30)

    Synonyms: pitfall

Origin

From trap + fall.

Forms

trapfalls