The Collaborative International Dictionary
Trapan
Trapan \Tra*pan"\, n. [OF. trappan. See Trap, and cf. Trepan
a snare.]
A snare; a stratagem; a trepan. See 3d Trepan.
--South.
Trapan
Trapan \Tra*pan"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Trapanned; p. pr. & vb. n. Trapanning.] To insnare; to catch by stratagem; to entrap; to trepan.
Having some of his people trapanned at Baldivi
--Anson.
Wiktionary
trapan
n. A snare; a stratagem; a trepan. vb. (context transitive English) To ensnare; to catch by stratagem; to entrap; to trepan.