单词 | outspan |
释义 | outspann.1 South African. 1. Originally (now historical): land near a road on which people travelling by wagon may break their journey or camp, and allow their draught animals to graze. Now: any place at which a person may break a journey; any piece of land formerly designated an outspan place. Frequently attributive, esp. in outspan place. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > [noun] > break in a journey > stopping-place on a journey gist?c1225 mansiona1382 baiting1477 station1578 mansion place1584 manzil1619 night stop1787 gite1798 outspan1821 halting-place1826 stopping-place1827 stepping-stone1849 waypoint1860 landing-place1861 stop-off1869 stop-over1881 siding1896 half-way1897 sit-down1898 pull-up1899 the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > general equipment > [noun] > harness of draught animal > yoke > yoking or unyoking yoking1572 unyoking1667 outspan1821 inyoking1842 spanning1874 inspan1879 inspanning1879 1821 C. I. La Trobe Jrnl. Visit S. Afr. (ed. 2) 167 A team or set of oxen or horses put to a waggon, is called by the Dutch a Spann, and those places in the wilderness, where halt is made and the oxen unyoked, an Outspann-place. 1822 W. J. Burchell Trav. Interior S. Afr. I. iv. 92 These uitspan, or outspan places, are, in fact, the caravanserays of the Cape. 1885 W. Greswell in Macmillan's Mag. Feb. 284/2 An extemporised lunch at a well-known outspan, consisting of many veldt dainties. 1899 Westm. Gaz. 1 Nov. 4/3 Every town has a public outspan, where cattle can graze and travellers stop for the night. 1971 Grocott's Mail (Grahamstown, S. Afr.) 27 July 3 The days of the voortrekkers are gone, and divisional councils no longer need outspans. 1993 Internat. Jrnl. Afr. Hist. Stud. 26 331 Elliott suggested the Parliament might approve road tolls and charges for outspan rights, or might withdraw its funds for road maintenance. 2004 M. De Jongh in J. C. Berland & A. Rao Customary Strangers ii. 159 Depending on the location of an outspan (an open and ‘neutral’ space next to the road),..the distances covered vary considerably. 2. Originally (now historical): a break in a wagon journey; the period for which or time at which such a break is made. Now: any break or period of rest. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ceasing > temporary cessation of activity or operation > [noun] > rest > interval or period of outspan1822 mike1825 spellc1845 society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > [noun] > break in a journey > specific outspan1822 overnight1936 1822 W. J. Burchell Trav. Interior S. Afr. I. 87 Finding some waggons at outspan, we asked the favour of one of the boors to leave my bundle at Fortuintje, which lay in his road. 1852 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 72 294 You take a stroll with your gun during the ‘out-span’. 1878 H. A. Roche On Trek in Transvaal 110 Treat this long digression, an' it please you, as a kind of ‘outspan’ on paper. 1900 F. D. Baillie Mafeking Diary 228 Towards dark, after an outspan that was like a picnic, we reached Mr Wright's farm. 1924 G. Baumann in E. Bright & G. Baumann Lost Republic (1940) 130 On our way home, at one of our outspans, we bought a fowl. 1977 Eastern Province Herald (Port Elizabeth) 18 Nov. 8 He was photographed resting yesterday near Van Stadens River bridge, during his daily afternoon outspan. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). outspann.2 rare. An extended or outstretched span (of an arch). ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > types of curvature > [noun] > like an arch or bow > thing of the form of an arch or bow yokec1155 archa1592 arc1642 instep1681 water-bow1855 outspan1887 1887 R. Browning B. de Mandeville in Parleyings x Earth's centre and sky's outspan, all's informed Equally by sun's efflux. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). outspanv.1 South African. 1. a. intransitive. To unyoke or unharness oxen or other draught animals (esp. from a wagon) and allow them to rest. Now historical.There is some overlap between this sense and 1b. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting temporarily > camping or encamping > camp or encamp [verb (intransitive)] wickc897 lodge13.. telda1325 pitch1535 camp1611 to set downa1616 decamp1698 encamp1725 to camp out1748 outspan1801 tent1856 laager1879 tarpaulin1891 the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > general equipment > [verb (intransitive)] > unyoke unyoke1573 outspan1801 unspan1914 1801 in G. M. Theal Rec. Cape Colony (1899) IV. 361 Arrived at noon at the pasture place of Esterhuizen, where we outspanned and being provided with fresh relays we went on. 1824 W. J. Burchell Trav. Interior S. Afr. I. 52 They very frequently unyoke, or outspan, as it is called, at Salt River. 1893 F. C. Selous Trav. S.-E. Afr. 10 We outspanned near a Boer farm. 1931 National Geographic Mag. Apr. 469 ‘At breakfast time you'd outspan and—’ ‘Unhitch you mean?’ ‘Ay, that's it, outspan.’ 1962 F. C. Metrowich Scotty Smith 130 ‘The horses are tired,’ Herman replied. ‘I think we should outspan and rest them for a while.’ b. intransitive. Originally (now historical): to rest or camp at the side of the road while on a wagon journey. Subsequently also: to break a journey; to take a break, relax. ΚΠ 1811 J. G. Cuyler in G. M. Theal Rec. Cape Colony (1901) VIII. 91 The rovers passed Scheepers at night who lay close to the road outspanned with his waggon. 1844 J. Backhouse Narr. Visit Mauritius & S. Afr. vi. 104 In the forenoon we descended to the bank of the Breede or Broad river, and outspanned during the heat of the day. 1878 Cape Argus 13 Apr. This was the half-way place, and we ‘outspanned’ here all day. 1885 H. R. Haggard King Solomon's Mines i. 16 He outspanned alongside of me for a fortnight to rest his oxen before going on to the interior. 1910 J. Buchan Prester John iv. 76 We got to Umvelos' after midday, and outspanned for our three weeks' work. 1977 A. Fugard & R. Devenish Guest 51 We outspanned and put up our tents there where the kraal is now. 1992 L. Gordon Shared Lives iv. 72 They outspanned at the hotel and drank their coffee out of saucers. 2. transitive. To unyoke or unhitch (oxen or other draught animals) from a wagon or plough. Also: to unhitch (a wagon) from its draught animals. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > general equipment > [verb (transitive)] > unyoke unyokec1000 unteam1548 outspan1815 slip1859 the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > general equipment > [verb (transitive)] > harness or yoke > unharness unspang1580 unharness1611 unspan1648 unhorse1654 outspan1815 unyoke1821 the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [verb (transitive)] > tack or harness > unharness untackle1574 ungear1598 unharness1611 unclose?1614 unrig1690 outspan1815 unshut1817 untack1962 1815 G. Barker Jrnl. 4 Aug. in Dict. S. Afr. Eng. on Hist. Princ. (1996) 531/3 We..were oblidged to outspan our oxen before we could ascend the sand hills. 1852 Capt. Wright in Notes & Queries 12th Ser. 8 161/2 We came to where a wagon was outspanned. 1898 A. Brodrick President's Wooing in Wanderer's Rhymes 265 And Martinus smiled, as he choked a sigh—With all a Boer's deep philosophy—Outspanned his Mules, kicked one or two. 1926 P. W. Laidler Tavern of Ocean 184 Riebeeck Square was originally Boeren Plein, or Farmer's Plain, where the countrymen outspanned their wagons. 1995 M. McCord Calling of Katie Makanya vii. 76 Phillip and Henry helped Rasiaga outspan the oxen. Derivatives ˈoutspanned adj. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > general equipment > [adjective] > unhitched outspanned1849 society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > [adjective] > unyoked outspanned1849 1849 E. E. Napier Excursions Southern Afr. II. 16 The ‘knee-haltered’ horses, and out-spanned oxen, were busily engaged. 1893 Month Feb. 197 He was standing by the out-spanned wagon. 1979 C. Raine Martian sends Postcard Home 9 The outspanned oxen moved away, at night in search of water. 2009 K. Ward Netwks. Empire vi. 250 Domestic animals and outspanned oxen roamed the streets at will. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2022). outspanv.2 1. transitive. To extend beyond the length or range of; to exceed in span. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > extend [verb (transitive)] > extend beyond overreacha1400 surpass1601 outspan1856 overextend1937 overpass1938 1856 New Englander (New Haven, Connecticut) Aug. 455 The thought which that question wakens..invests humanity..with a grandeur and a capability of glory, that outspans all the reach of the material and the visible. 1882 H. S. Holland Logic & Life (1885) 254 The lines of connection..lose themselves, vanish, outspan our sight. 1901 S. Phillips Herod III. 124 I have outspanned life and the worm of God, Imagining I am already dead Begins to prey on me. 1935 Sci. Monthly Apr. 344/2 Rings in the stump of a fallen oak may give evidence that the three or four hundred years of its life outspan the total period of our history as a nation. 1998 Independent (Nexis) 18 Sept. (Sport section) 26 If, as seems likely, a career which has outspanned those of such as Linford Christie and Roger Black is drawing to a close, this was a perfect way in which to end it. 2. transitive. To bridge (a gap, distance, etc.); to span like an arch. Also intransitive. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > types of curvature > [verb (intransitive)] > be or become like arch or bow arch1733 outspan1867 1867 P. J. Bailey Universal Hymn 34 Life, how scant soever, Seems good, as loaned of God, whose arm all space Outspans, whose eye all mirrors. 1884 J. H. Skrine Under Two Queens i. 18 When the storm-rack drives leeward, the rainbow outspanneth. 1909 J. Payne Peacock in Arcadia in Urbe 22 With thy Goddess-hand, From earth to Heaven outspanned, Thou tak'st the hostile hues to thee And mak'st a heavenly harmony. 1994 C. Cassells Evening lasting as long as Life in Soul make Path through Shouting 25 Let me dream your wick-thin arms..Outspanning the distance between The life we imagined And the life we had to learn. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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