Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Tripping \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. --Luce.