outspan
The place where one releases oxen from a harness.
Noun
- 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. - 1976, Sir Percy Fitzpatrick,...
- An area on a farm kept available for travellers to rest and refresh their animals.
Origin
From out + span. Compare Afrikaans uitspan.
Forms
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Verb
- 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. - 1976, Sir Percy Fitzpatrick, Jock of the Bushveld, Longman, ISBN...