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outspan
[ verb out-span; noun out-span ]
verb (used with object)
, out·spanned, out·span·ning.
- to unyoke or unhitch, as oxen from a wagon.
verb (used without object)
, out·spanned, out·span·ning.
- to remove the yoke, harness, etc., from animals.
noun
- the act or a place of outspanning.
outspan
noun
- an area on a farm kept available for travellers to rest and refresh animals
- the act of unharnessing or unyoking
verb
- tr to unharness or unyoke (animals)
- intr to relax
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of outspan1
C19: partial translation of Afrikaans uitspan, from uit out + spannen to stretch
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Example Sentences
One of the waggons had been loaded up in the morning and sent on to the outspan; the other was ready by sundown.
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The principle of the road is always outspan on the other side of a drift—that is, the opposite side from the one you arrive at.
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Saddling up the horse that remained and giving orders where the waggons were to outspan, Dawes cantered away into the veldt.
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“We had better get on and find our outspan,” said Dawes, after the momentary silence which had fallen upon the pair.
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Ralph and Suzanne reached their outspan place in safety a little before sunset.
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