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▪ I. trepanner1|trɪˈpænə(r)| [f. trepan v.1 + -er1.] 1. One who operates with a trepan.
1727in Bailey vol. II. 1775 in Ash; and in later Dicts. 2. spec. in Coal Mining (see quot. 1967).
1956Atkinson & White in D. L. Linton Sheffield 269 Intensive efforts are being made to replace the hand-loading of coal..by mechanical power-loaders and..considerable success is being achieved with..Gloster Getters, Trepanners,..and Huwood Slicers. 1967Gloss. Mining Terms (B.S.I.) viii. 27 Trepanner, a longwall power loader, usually double ended, the main cutting element of which is a trepanning wheel. 1971[see plough, plow n.1 5 i]. 1974P. Wright Lang. Brit. Industry xiv. 145 He may..hear..shearer and trepanner for types of coal⁓cutters. ▪ II. treˈpanner2 arch. Also 7–8 tra-. [f. trepan v.2 + -er1.] One who trepans; an entrapper, decoy, swindler.
1658–9in Burton's Diary (1828) IV. 157 There came several trepanners from Whitehall, it pleased God to keep us upright. a1709Atkyns Parl. & Pol. Tracts (1734) 339 This Trapanning proves..that the Trapanner did bear a Spight and Malice against the Person trapanned. 1818Scott Rob Roy xxxiv, The turmoils which the political trepanner..is..putting into motion. |