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Definition of Outspan
1. Verb. Remove the yoke or harness from. "Outspan the draft animals"
Definition of Outspan
1. v. t. & i. To unyoke or disengage, as oxen from a wagon.
Definition of Outspan
1. Verb. (South Africa) To release oxen from harness. ¹
2. Noun. (South Africa) The place where one outspans. ¹
3. Noun. An area on a farm kept available for travellers to rest and refresh their animals ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Outspan
1. to unharness a draft animal [v -SPANNED, -SPANNING, -SPANS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Outspan
Literary usage of Outspan
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. My Command in South Africa, 1874-1878: Comprising Experiences of Travel in by Arthur Augustus Thurlow Cunynghame (1880)
"To outspan is a very expressive Africander phrase, and is continually in the
mouth of all travellers. Should the day's drive be over forty miles of road, ..."
2. The Gold Regions of South Eastern Africa by Thomas Baines (1877)
"Should the river be full, there Is a municipal road to the right, round the bend,
into the town of Brought over ... ... ... 141 There is a free outspan on ..."
3. With Rhodes in Mashonaland by David Christiaan de Waal (1896)
"... teles not all gospel—We outspan at a Gorman missionary's—More harrowing details
about the chief of the Matabele—A literal dance of death—We have our ..."
4. Men, Mines and Animals in South Africa by Randolph Henry Spencer Churchill (1897)
"Cold nights in camp—The horse sickness—Visit from Kaffir women to our Mariko
River camp—outspan on the banks of the Crocodile River—We cross the ..."
5. A Narrative of a Visit to the Mauritius and South Africa by James Backhouse (1844)
"CHAPTER XXXIV. Uitkomst.—H. and MC Van Zyl.—A Dakka Smoker.—Guns.—Rain.—Com-
panys Drift.— Bella-donna Lily.—outspan Places. ..."
6. To the Cape for Diamonds.: A Story of Digging Experiences in South Africa by Frederick Boyle (1873)
"A visit to the Junction—outspan at the house when first diamond was ... The first
outspan was at a clean and pretty farm, lying in a sun-scorched valley. ..."
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