trapan

English

Etymology

From Old French trappan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɹəˈpæn/

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Noun

trapan (plural trapans)

1. A snare; a stratagem; a trepan.
   • 1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volumes (please specify |volume=I to VI), London:

     It is indeed a real Trapan upon the Reason , feeding it with Colours and Appearances , instead of Arguments

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.
   • 1748, George Anson, A Voyage Round the World in 1740-4:

     Having some of his people trapanned at Baldivia.

Anagrams

• partan, tarpan

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtrapaŋ/

Noun

trapan m (plural trapan)

1. drill
2. trepan