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

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