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单词 outspan
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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...
  • We then outspanned for the night.
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...
  • I outspanned on what is now Market Square and let the oxen graze there whilst I walked up to where my Aunt lay ill in a tent.
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.

Origin

Early 19th century: from Dutch uitspannen 'unyoke'.

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