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单词 inspan
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inspanv.

Brit. /ˈɪnspan/, /ɪnˈspan/, U.S. /ˈɪnˌspæn/, /ɪnˈspæn/, South African English /ˈɪnspæn/
Etymology: < Dutch inspann-en, < in adverb, in + spannen to span, stretch, bend, put horses to.
South African.
a. transitive. To yoke (oxen, horses, etc.) in a team to a vehicle; to harness (a wagon).
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > general equipment > [verb (intransitive)] > harness
inspan1834
hitch1844
the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > general equipment > [verb (transitive)] > harness or yoke
yokeOE
harness13..
cart-saddle1377
join1377
couple1393
enharness1490
benda1522
bind1535
span1550
team1552
spang1580
inyoke1595
trace1605
enclose?1615
gear1638
to get in1687
reharness1775
reyoke1813
to hook up1825
inspan1834
hitch1844
pole1846
stock1909
society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > [verb (transitive)] > yoke (a horse, cart, or carriage)
join1377
couple1393
bind1535
to put in1709
to put to1732
to hook up1825
inspan1834
1834 T. H. Bowker Jrnl. 25 Dec. in Towards Dict. S. Afr. Eng. (Dict. S. Afr. Eng. Dict. Committee) (1971) 43 Arrive at [M]erais after sunset find the waggons inspanned ready for going away.
1838 F. Owen Diary (1926) 118 At length, our oxen being inspanned, the waggon being loaded with the chief necessaries belonging to both families..we left the station.
1852 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 71 294 (Cape Colony) At noon, the cattle, which have been turned out to graze, are ‘inspanned’, and the march continues.
1880 S. B. Lakeman What I saw in Kaffir-land 36 The Hottentot drivers inspanned the bullocks.
1883 O. Schreiner Story Afr. Farm ii. xii The waggon..stood ‘in-spanned’ before the door.
1886 F. H. H. Guillemard Cruise Marchesa I. 191 The agent of the Alaska Commercial Company had kindly provided us with dog-sledges, and we found them ‘inspanned’ and waiting for us.
1887 H. R. Haggard Jess xxi. 192 ‘Mouti’, said John to the Zulu.., ‘inspan the horses’.
absolute.1863 Batowin's Hunting in Natal 182 Inspanned about 3 o'clock.1893 F. C. Selous Trav. S.-E. Afr. 93 I determined to inspan and hold on my course to the south.
b. figurative or transferred.
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1914 R. Kipling in Georg. Jrnl. Apr. 373 One man, apparently without effort, inspans the human equivalent of ‘three blind 'uns and a bolter’ and makes them do miracles.
1928 Sunday Express 8 July 10/5 There are hundreds of keen young players with the player's eyesight available for this lining business. Is it beyond the wit and the capacity of the Wimbledon authorities to inspan them?
1939 R. Campbell Flowering Rifle i. 15 Our great Victory,..in her car, Which all the way from Portugal to France She inspans in her thundering advance.
1949 Cape Times 13 Sept. 8/9 To rescue the Coloured man, all forces will have to be inspanned to raise him economically.
1971 Rand Daily Mail (Johannesburg) 29 June 15 Why, Mrs Barton often gets on the telephone and inspans private householders to help out.

Derivatives

inˈspanning n.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > general equipment > [noun] > harness of draught animal > yoke > yoking or unyoking
yoking1572
unyoking1667
outspan1821
inyoking1842
spanning1874
inspan1879
inspanning1879
1879 R. J. Atcherley Trip to Boërland 62 I had been sound asleep at the time of inspanning.
1887 H. R. Haggard Jess ix. 74 John went..to see to the inspanning of the Cape cart.
ˈinspan n. the act of inspanning.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > general equipment > [noun] > harness of draught animal > yoke > yoking or unyoking
yoking1572
unyoking1667
outspan1821
inyoking1842
spanning1874
inspan1879
inspanning1879
1879 R. J. Atcherley Trip to Boërland 68 We managed to get along until next morning's sunrise and inspan.
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