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Meaning of inspan | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B1

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.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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