2 entries under this word

Trapan

Tra-pān', v. t.

verbtransitive

[imp. & p. p. TRAPANNED; p. pr. & vb. n. TRAPANNING.] [See infra.] To insnare; to catch by stratagem. “Having some of his people trapanned at Baldivia.” Anson.

Tra-păn', n.

noun

n. [Fr. trappe, a trap, and pan, a piece of string, noose. See TRAP, and cf. TREPAN.] A snare; a stratagem.