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Entry 5 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Tripping

/trĭp'-ĭng/ · Trip·ping · IPA /ˈtɹɪpɪŋ/
01 a. Quick; nimble; stepping lightly and quickly.
  1. 1.
    Quick; nimble; stepping lightly and quickly.
  2. 2.
    Having the right forefoot lifted, the others remaining on the ground, as if he were trotting; trippant; -- said of an animal, as a hart, buck, and the like, used as a bearing.(Her.)
02 n. Act of one who, or that which, trips.
  1. 1.
    Act of one who, or that which, trips.
  2. 2.
    A light dance.
    “Other trippings to be trod of lighter toes.” — Milton.
  3. 3.
    The loosing of an anchor from the ground by means of its cable or buoy rope.(Naut.)
Phrases & compounds
Tripping line — 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.