spancel
Americannoun
verb (used with object)
noun
verb
Etymology
Origin of spancel
1600–10; < Low German spansel, derivative of spannen to stretch; see span 2
Example Sentences
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"Do not forget the spancel," said the woman with the child on her knees; "take the inside one."
From The Celtic Twilight by Yeats, W. B. (William Butler)
As my horse was straying toward the west side of the clearing I went to fetch him back and spancel him near the fort.
From A Virginia Scout by Hutchison, D. C.
That night, according to my custom, I spanceled my horse at a considerable distance from my camp.
From A Virginia Scout by Hutchison, D. C.
We spanceled our horses in a tiny opening well surrounded by woods.
From A Virginia Scout by Hutchison, D. C.
I followed up a rocky hill to the house above, and there found Flurry and Slipper engaged in the patriarchal task of driving two brace of coupled and spancelled goats into a shed.
From Some Experiences of an Irish R.M. by Ross, Martin
Two of his legs were spancelled with a piece of straw rope, but being used to such impediment he came over without any awkwardness.
From The King of Ireland's Son by Colum, Padraic
Three weeks is a long space, and yet you're seven years spancelled with Naisi and the pair.
From Deirdre of the Sorrows by Synge, J. M. (John Millington)
A fine pond of water being near, we there spancelled our horses and lay down for the night.
From Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia by Mitchell, Thomas
She claims for her body the liberty to move one year with the long stride of a running fowl, and the next at a hobble like a spancelled goat.
From The Book of This and That by Lynd, Robert
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