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inspan
[ in-span ]
verb (used with object)
- to yoke or harness.
inspan
/ ɪnˈspæn /
verb
- to harness (animals) to (a vehicle); yoke
- to press (people) into service
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Origin of inspan1
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Example Sentences
And he ordered a trooper to gallop back to the camp with instructions to saddle up and inspan immediately.
At any rate the sooner we took the road again the better, and so I announced to Falkner that we would inspan at sunrise.
But of this valiant offer John Dawes, who was giving orders to inspan, took no immediate notice.
Then she ordered them to inspan the waggon, and this was done quickly, for the oxen lay tied to the trek-tow.
He immediately ordered his men to inspan and saddle their horses.
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