Meaning of inspan | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To yoke (oxen).
   transitive
2. To bring or force into service.

Examples

“There was no time to inspan the oxen[…]”

“He was trekking across country, and being anxious to arrive⟳ at his destination before the heat of the day he ordered his boys to inspan whilst it was still dark. They had some trouble⟳ in doing so, as the mules were very restive, but at last⟳ they managed it, and a start⟳ was made. The mules raced along like⟳ the wind, and when daylight came they saw⟳ why. In the darkness, the boys had inspanned a lion as the near wheeler.”

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