Trapan \Tra*pan"\, n. [OF. trappan. See {Trap}, and cf. {Trepan}
a snare.]
A snare; a stratagem; a trepan. See 3d {Trepan}. --South.
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 Baldivia.
--Anson.