Definition of Inspan

1. Verb. Attach a yoke or harness to. "Inspan the draft animals"

Category relationships: Animal Husbandry
Generic synonyms: Yoke, Harness, Tackle
Antonyms: Outspan

Definition of Inspan

1. v. t. & i. To yoke or harness, as oxen to a vehicle.

Definition of Inspan

1. Verb. To yoke oxen. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Inspan

1. to harness or yoke to a vehicle [v -SPANNED, -SPANNING, -SPANS]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Inspan

insonorous
insooth
insorption
insouciance
insouciances
insouciant
insouciantly
insoul
insouled
insouling
insouls
insource
insourced
insources
insourcing
inspan (current term)
inspanned
inspanning
inspans
inspect
inspectability
inspectable
inspected
inspecter
inspecters
inspecting
inspectingly
inspection
inspection and repair
inspection pit

Literary usage of Inspan

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. With a Show Through Southern Africa: And Personal Reminiscences of the by Charles Du Val (1882)
"inspan,' and its reverse, ' Outspan'—or to be more correct, ... Therefore the ' inspan' notification of Rogers, the guard, shivered into airy nothings the ..."

2. With a Show Through Southern Africa and Personal Reminiscences of the by Charles Du Val (1884)
"inspan,' and its reverse, ' Outspan'—or to be more correct, ... Therefore the ' inspan' notification of Rogers, the guard, shivered into airy nothings the ..."

3. Holland's Influence on English Language and Literature by Tiemen De Vries (1916)
"From South African inspan. D. inspan- nen. Cf. to outspan. isinglass—a glutinous substance made from a fish. Probably used as gelatine, and hence the ..."

4. The Zulu Yesterday and To-day: Twenty-nine Years in South Africa by Gertrude Rachel Hance (1916)
"Now, you boys ought to get down from the limb and inspan, while the others ride, and another boy takes the whip." For a moment all was still. ..."

5. Five Years of a Hunter's Life in the Far Interior of South Africa: With by Roualeyn Gordon-Cumming (1874)
"Presently observing us preparing to inspan, they beckoned to me to hold a conference with them across the stream, the object of which was to endeavor to ..."

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