trapan
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French trappan.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
trapan (plural trapans)
- A snare; a stratagem; a trepan.
- 1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, 6th edition, volumes (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: […] J[ames] Bettenham, for Jonah Bowyer, […], published 1727, →OCLC:
- It is indeed a real Trapan upon the Reason , feeding it with Colours and Appearances , instead of Arguments
Verb[edit]
trapan (third-person singular simple present trapans, present participle trapanning, simple past and past participle trapanned)
- (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.
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Piedmontese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
trapan m (plural trapan)
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