- outspanned
- v. remove a yoke or harness from an animal; unyoke an animal; untie an oxen from a wagon n. (South Africa) place on a farm where travelling people can stop to rest their animals
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
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outspan — v. /owt span /; n. /owt span /, v., outspanned, outspanning, n. South African Eng. v.t. 1. to unyoke or unhitch, as oxen from a wagon. v.i. 2. to remove the yoke, harness, etc., from animals. n. 3. the act or a place of outspanning. [1815 25;… … Universalium
outspan — 1. verb To release oxen from harness. “We had outspanned on in a flat covered with close grass about two feet high…The wagons, four in number, were drawn up off the road two abreast.” 2. noun a) The place where one outspans. “At the outspan or on … Wiktionary
outspan — S. African verb (outspans, outspanning, outspanned) unharness (an animal) from a wagon. noun a place for grazing or camping on a wagon journey. Origin C19: from Du. uitspannen unyoke … English new terms dictionary
outspan — [out΄span′; ] for n. [ out′span΄] South Afr. vt., vi. outspanned, outspanning [Afrik uitspannen < Du uit,OUT + spannen, to harness, akin to OE spannan,SPAN1] to unyoke or unharness (animals) n. the act or place of outspanning … English World dictionary
