trapan

English

Etymology

Old French trappan.

Noun

trapan (plural trapans)

  1. A snare; a stratagem; a trepan.
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Verb

trapan (third-person singular simple present trapans, present participle trapanning, simple past and past participle trapanned)

  1. (transitive) To ensnare; to catch by stratagem; to entrap; to trepan.
    • Anson
      Having some of his people trapanned at Baldivia.

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