| 单词 | outspan place |
| 释义 | > as lemmasoutspan place 1. Originally (now historical): land near a road on which people travelling by wagon may break their journey or camp, and allow their draught animals to graze. Now: any place at which a person may break a journey; any piece of land formerly designated an outspan place. Frequently attributive, esp. in outspan place. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > [noun] > break in a journey > stopping-place on a journey gist?c1225 mansiona1382 baiting1477 station1578 mansion place1584 manzil1619 night stop1787 gite1798 outspan1821 halting-place1826 stopping-place1827 stepping-stone1849 waypoint1860 landing-place1861 stop-off1869 stop-over1881 siding1896 half-way1897 sit-down1898 pull-up1899 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 1821 C. I. La Trobe Jrnl. Visit S. Afr. (ed. 2) 167 A team or set of oxen or horses put to a waggon, is called by the Dutch a Spann, and those places in the wilderness, where halt is made and the oxen unyoked, an Outspann-place. 1822 W. J. Burchell Trav. Interior S. Afr. I. iv. 92 These uitspan, or outspan places, are, in fact, the caravanserays of the Cape. 1885 W. Greswell in Macmillan's Mag. Feb. 284/2 An extemporised lunch at a well-known outspan, consisting of many veldt dainties. 1899 Westm. Gaz. 1 Nov. 4/3 Every town has a public outspan, where cattle can graze and travellers stop for the night. 1971 Grocott's Mail (Grahamstown, S. Afr.) 27 July 3 The days of the voortrekkers are gone, and divisional councils no longer need outspans. 1993 Internat. Jrnl. Afr. Hist. Stud. 26 331 Elliott suggested the Parliament might approve road tolls and charges for outspan rights, or might withdraw its funds for road maintenance. 2004 M. De Jongh in J. C. Berland & A. Rao Customary Strangers ii. 159 Depending on the location of an outspan (an open and ‘neutral’ space next to the road),..the distances covered vary considerably. < as lemmas |
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