clap up

English

Verb

clap up (third-person singular simple present claps up, present participle clapping up, simple past and past participle clapped up)

1. to imprison
   • a. 1716 (date written), [Gilbert] Burnet, edited by [Gilbert Burnet Jr.], Bishop Burnet’s History of His Own Time. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] Thomas Ward […], published 1724, →OCLC:

     orders were sent down for clapping up three of the chief remonstrators

   • 1852, Hannah Lawrence, The Treasure-seeker's Daughter:

     precious Master Lyndwode hath his deserts at last; he's clapped up safe in the Gate-house

2. To complete a marriage ceremony.

   Parents should clap up their children's wedding ceremonies as quickly as possible.