单词 | inspan |
释义 | inspanv. South African. a. transitive. To yoke (oxen, horses, etc.) in a team to a vehicle; to harness (a wagon). ΘΚΠ 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’. b. figurative or transferred. ΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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