Wordnet 3.0
VERB (1)
1.
remove the yoke or harness from;
- Example: "outspan the draft animals"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
outspan \out*span"\, v. t. & i. [D. uitspannen.]
To unyoke or disengage, as oxen from a wagon; to unharness (a
horse). [S. Africa]
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
outspan \out"span\, n.
1. The act of outspanning.
[PJC]
2. A place where outspanning is done; Hence: An encampment.
[South African]
[PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
outspan
v 1: remove the yoke or harness from; "outspan the draft
animals" [ant: inspan]