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Meanings of outspan in English

Remove the yoke or harness from.

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        Examples for "inspan"
        Examples for "inspan"
        1
        As soon as the feast was over, Hendricks gave the word to inspan.
        Hendricks the Hunter; Or, The Border Farm: A Tale of Zululand
        2
        Shall I tell the boys to inspan the oxen, Baas?
        She and Allan
        3
        By this time Mouti had got up the horses, and asked if he was to inspan.
        Jess
        4
        I want to inspan at six sharp to-morrow.'
        Cinderella in the South: Twenty-Five South African Tales
        5
        Many a time he implored them to inspan and leave the place; but each time they cried him down.
        Vrouw Grobelaar and Her Leading Cases: Seventeen Short Stories
        Usage of outspan in English
        1
        The bearer will overtake us with your answer at our first outspan.
        Marie: An Episode in the Life of the Late Allan Quatermain
        2
        On reaching the commando, I gave orders to outspan at twelve o'clock.
        Three Years' War
        3
        Here Anna alighted, and left the 'boy' to outspan and watch the cart.
        Vrouw Grobelaar and Her Leading Cases: Seventeen Short Stories
        4
        Such being the case we decided to outspan and lunch.
        Adventures and Letters of Richard Harding Davis
        5
        Well, we'll outspan and have our tiffin under the palms.
        The Green Flag, and Other Stories of War and Sport
        6
        But, young lady, tell me, can we outspan here?
        She and Allan
        7
        We must outspan till it gets cooler.
        The Empire Annual for Girls, 1911
        8
        To outspan now would be a crime.
        The Judgment House
        9
        About two o'clock, however, just as they had started after a short outspan, a little incident occurred.
        Jess
        10
        On-saddle and off-saddle, in-span and outspan, plenty to eat and a little sleep; and the air does the rest.
        The Judgment House
        11
        At our outspan at noon yesterday he came to me and offered me my liberty if I would help him.
        Prester John
        12
        Night came on, and they were compelled at length to outspan, when the poor oxen lay down overcome with fatigue.
        Hendricks the Hunter; Or, The Border Farm: A Tale of Zululand
        13
        We always travelled all night, and used to outspan for five or six hours in the heat of the day to rest.
        The Story of an African Farm
        14
        One might have thought Jan had never heard of outspan money, instead of its being a familiar and heating subject with him.
        The Empire Annual for Girls, 1911
        15
        Our first outspan was in the valley of the Zwartkops River, close to a big vlei, which was surrounded by dense, scrubby jungle.
        Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer
        16
        The whole laager could outspan under their shade, and it was a delightful, refreshing sensation to find oneself protected from the burning sun.
        My Reminiscences of the Anglo-Boer War
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