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inspan
[ in-span ]
verb (used with object)
, South Africa.
, in·spanned, in·span·ning.
- to yoke or harness.
inspan
/ ɪnˈspæn /
verb
- to harness (animals) to (a vehicle); yoke
- to press (people) into service
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Word History and Origins
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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.
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The horses appeared with the driver, and the business of inspanning began.
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The first thing was to harness, or, as it is termed in that country, to inspan the cattle.
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He could inspan and outspan oxen, and was already master of other useful veldt wrinkles, which usually take some time to acquire.
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“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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