Trip·ping, n.
 1. Act of one who, or that which, trips.
 2. A light dance.
    Other trippings to be trod of lighter toes.   --Milton.
 3. Naut. The loosing of an anchor from the ground by means of its cable or buoy rope.
 Tripping line Naut., a small rope attached to the topgallant or royal yard, used to trip the yard, and in lowering it to the deck; also, a line used in letting go the anchor.

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