trap in

trap in (third-person singular simple present traps in, present participle trapped in, simple past and past participle trapping in)

1. Of a pigeon, to enter the loft after returning from a race or training flight.
   • 1982, Paul Radley, My Blue-Checker Corker and Me, Sydney: Fontana/Collins, page 120:

     When Corker trapped in Monte put her ring in the hatch of the pigeon clock[.]

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trap in

1. inflection of intrappen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

• intrap