Trap (carriage)

A trap, pony trap (sometimes pony and trap) or horse trap is a light, often sporty, two-wheeled or sometimes four-wheeled horse- or pony-drawn carriage, usually accommodating two to four persons in various seating arrangements, such as face-to-face or back-to-back.[1][2][3][4] In the eighteenth century, the first carriage to be called a trap was a gig with a hinged trap door, under which was a place to carry a dog.[5][6] In late nineteenth century USA, four-wheeled dog carts with convertible seats also started to become known as traps.[7]

Pony trap in Brisbane, Australia, 1900.
Pony and trap in northern England.


Trap_or_cart,_c_1903

"Pony and trap" is also used as Cockney rhyming slang for "crap" meaning nonsense or rubbish, or defecation.[8]

See also

References
  1. "Hunting Trap". Carriage Association of America. Retrieved 2023-06-20.
  2. "Glossary of Carriages". The Kinross Carriageworks, Stirling 1802-1966. Retrieved 2023-06-20.
  3. Stanek, Anna (2022-06-01). "12 Common Types of Horse Drawn Carriages". Horsey Hooves. Retrieved 2023-06-20.
  4. "Evolution of the Trap". Carriage Museum of America. Retrieved 2023-06-20.
  5. Tom Ryder (1979). "What is a trap?". The Carriage Journal. Carriage Association of America. 17 (1): 33–38.
  6. Jill Ryder, ed. (1996). "Name that carriage: The Trap". The Carriage Journal. Carriage Association of America. 34 (2): 56.
  7. Don H. Berkebile (2014). Carriage Terminology: An Historical Dictionary. Smithsonian Institution. pp. 502–504. ISBN 9781935623434.
  8. "Pony and trap". The Phrase Finder. UK. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
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