unspanv.
rare.
(un- prefix2 1a + span v.2 Cf. Old English un-, onspannan, Dutch ontspannen.)
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > general equipment > [verb (transitive)] > harness or yoke > unharness
unspang1580
unharness1611
unspan1648
unhorse1654
outspan1815
unyoke1821
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > loosening or unfastening > loosen, unfasten, or untie [verb (transitive)]
unbindc950
undoc950
unleeseOE
breaka1225
unfest?c1225
leesea1325
loosena1382
unloosea1382
loose1388
resolvea1398
unlace?c1400
unfastenc1440
unloosen?a1475
to let slip1526
unbrace?1526
diffibulatea1538
unframe1567
unclit1587
undight1590
unclip1598
unclenchc1600
unreeve1600
unlock1609
ungrapple1611
unquilt1611
abstringe1623
renode1623
unspan1648
unfast1684
disengage1780
undub1807
unclap1846
the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > general equipment > [verb (intransitive)] > unyoke
unyoke1573
outspan1801
unspan1914
1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Ontspannen,..to Vnspan, or to Vnyoake.
1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Een Ontspanninge,..an Vnbending, or an Vnspanning.
1659 W. Chamberlayne Pharonnida iii. v. sig. Q8v The Grave, sad man, Whose counsel could Conspiracies unspan, When ready to give fire.
1914 T. A. Baggs Back from Front xxiv. 120 They unspanned in a neighbouring field and invited me to supper.
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