Trepan (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. a tool for cutting shallow holes by removing a core.
  2. an obsolete form of the trephine resembling a carpenter's bit and brace.
verb (used with object), tre·panned, tre·pan·ning.
  1. to cut circular disks from (plate stock) using a rotating cutter.
  2. to operate upon with a trepan; trephine.
noun
  1. a person who ensnares or entraps others.
  2. a stratagem; a trap.
verb (used with object), tre·panned, tre·pan·ning.
  1. to ensnare or entrap.
  2. to entice.
  3. to cheat or swindle.
noun
  1. an instrument resembling a carpenter's brace and bit formerly used to remove circular sections of bone (esp from the skull)
  2. a tool for cutting out circular blanks or for making grooves around a fixed centre
    • the operation of cutting a hole with such a tool
    • the hole so produced
verb -pans, -panning or -panned (tr)
  1. to cut (a hole or groove) with a trepan
  2. surgery another word for trephine
verb -pans, -panning or -panned (tr)
  1. to entice, ensnare, or entrap
  2. to swindle or cheat
noun
  1. a person or thing that traps
Trepan (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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