different between inspan vs outspan

English

Etymology

in +? span

Verb

inspan (third-person singular simple present inspans, present participle inspanning, simple past and past participle inspanned)

1. (transitive) To yoke (oxen).
   • 1917, H. Rider Haggard, Finished, 2004 Kessinger ed., ?ISBN, page 39:

     There was no time to inspan the oxen […]

2. To bring or force into service.

Antonyms

• outspan

Translations

Anagrams

• napsin, pinnas, snap in, snap-in, snapin, spanin

Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

inspan

1. first-person singular present indicative of inspannen (when using a subclause)

Anagrams

• span in

English

Etymology

out +? span. Compare Afrikaans uitspan.

Verb

outspan (third-person singular simple present outspans, present participle outspanning, simple past and past participle outspanned)

1. (South Africa) To release oxen from harness.
   • 1976, Sir Percy Fitzpatrick, Jock of the Bushveld, Longman, ISBN 058261231, page 126:

     “We had outspanned on in a flat covered with close grass about two feet high…The wagons, four in number, were drawn up off the road two abreast.”

Noun

outspan (plural outspans)

1. (South Africa) The place where one outspans.
   • 1976, Sir Percy Fitzpatrick, Jock of the Bushveld, Longman, ISBN 058261231, page 202:

     “At the outspan or on the road or footpath he shouldered them aside as one walks through standing corn, not aggressively, but with the superb indifference of right and habit unquestioned.”

2. An area on a farm kept available for travellers to rest and refresh their animals

Related terms

• inspan: To yoke oxen.

Anagrams

• soapnut