inspanとは 意味・読み方・使い方

動詞

inspan (third-person singular simple present inspans, present participle inspanning, simple past and past participle inspanned)

1. (transitive) To yoke (oxen).
   • 1917, H. Rider Haggard, Finished, Kessinger, published 2004, →ISBN, page 39:

     There was no time to inspan the oxen […]

   • 1924, Agatha Christie, The Man in the Brown Suit:

     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.

1. To bring or force into service.

反意語

• outspan

アナグラム

• napsin, pinnas, snap in, snap-in, snapin, spanin