outspan

verb · nounB1

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verb

V_es/s

outspans

V_ing/Gerund

outspanning

V_ed/pp

outspanned

1.
(South Africa, transitive)To release oxen from a harness.
We had outspanned on in a flat covered with close grass about two feet high…The wagons, four in number, were drawn up off the road two abreast.

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noun

Plural noun:

outspans

1.
(South Africa)The place where one releases oxen from a harness.
At the outspan or on the road or footpath he shouldered them aside as one walks through standing corn, not aggressively, but with the superb indifference of right and habit unquestioned.
2.
An area on a farm kept available for travellers to rest and refresh their animals.

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From out + span. Compare Afrikaans uitspan.