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inspan

[ in-span ]

verb (used with object)

, South Africa.
, in·spanned, in·span·ning.
  1. to yoke or harness.


inspan

/ ɪnˈspæn /

verb

  1. to harness (animals) to (a vehicle); yoke
  2. to press (people) into service
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of inspan1

From Afrikaans, dating back to 1825–35; in- 1, span 2
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Word History and Origins

Origin of inspan1

C19: from Afrikaans, from Middle Dutch inspannen, from spannen to stretch, yoke; see span 1
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Example Sentences

The oxen were inspanned, the mules also, and about noon we started off on our trek for Zombode.

The horses appeared with the driver, and the business of inspanning began.

The first thing was to harness, or, as it is termed in that country, to inspan the cattle.

He could inspan and outspan oxen, and was already master of other useful veldt wrinkles, which usually take some time to acquire.

“Rum go, our meeting again, like this,” he said to Lawless, while they stood in the sunshine together and watched the others inspanning the mules.

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