单词 | outspan |
释义 | outspan/ˈaʊtspan /South African verb (outspans, outspanning, outspanned) [with object] 1Unharness (an animal) from a wagon: the wagons were drawn up beside the road and the oxen outspanned [no object]: they outspanned at the hotel...
1.1 [no object] Rest or camp at the side of the road while travelling by wagon: we used to outspan for five or six hours in the heat of the day...
noun A place for grazing or camping on a wagon journey.The trekking routes and outspans - a term derived from unyoking a team of oxen - became major channels of communication into the interior. OriginEarly 19th century: from Dutch uitspannen 'unyoke'. Rhymes |
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