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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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.
"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)
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.
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)
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
Their amusement at the awkward movements of the horses after they were spancelled knew no bounds.
From Wau-bun The Early Day in the Northwest by Kinzie, Juliette Augusta Magill
Isn't it a bad story for me to be wearing out my days beside you the same as a spancelled goat.
From Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays by Various
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
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