trapan Meaning, Definition & Usage

Tra*pan" noun
Etymology
OF. trappan. See Trap, and cf. Trepan a snare.
Definitions
  1. A snare; a stratagem; a trepan. See 3d Trepan. South.
Tra*pan" transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Trapanned ; present participle & verbal noun Trapanning
Definitions
  1. To insnare; to catch by stratagem; to entrap; to trepan.
    Having some of his people trapanned at Baldivia. Anson.

Webster 1913