thrapple
/ (ˈθræpəl) Scot /
noun
the throat or windpipe
verb
to throttle
Word Origin for thrapple
C18: a variant of earlier
thropple, of uncertain origin
Words nearby thrapple
thraiping,
thrale,
thrall,
thralldom,
thrang,
thrapple,
thrash,
thrash about,
thrash metal,
thrash out,
thrasher
Example sentences from the Web for thrapple
The minnit he seen the man inside in the kitchen, he stuck in his thrapple at wanst.
All-Hallow Eve; or, The Test of Futurity. |Robert CurtisBut, luckily, he remembered the goose's thrapple, and he pulled it out of his pocket and whistled through it.
The Scottish Fairy Book |Elizabeth W. GriersonMan, it seeps doon through your thrapple into your lungs, an' there's nae hoastin' o' it up.
Betty Grier |Joseph Waugh