verb
- past tense and past participle of inspan; to harness or yoke (animals, especially oxen or horses) to a vehicle or plow
Usage: chiefly South African English; archaic or regional in other varieties of English
Examples
- The farmer inspanned the oxen to the wagon before dawn.
- Once the horses were inspanned, the cart was ready to depart.
- He inspanned the team of mules for the long journey across the veld.
- The oxen had been inspanned since early morning.
- They inspanned fresh animals when the first team grew tired.