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outspan

out·span [ ówt spàn ]


noun  (plural out·spans)
Definition:
 
place for people to stop: formerly, a place for people traveling to stop to rest their animals



transitive and intransitive verb  (past and past participle out·spanned, present participle out·span·ning, 3rd person present singular out·spans)
Definition:
 
unharness animal: to remove a yoke or harness from an animal

[Early 19th century. Via Afrikaans uitspan "unyoke, unharness" < Middle Dutch uitspannen]
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