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.