Definitions for outspan

outspan out·span

Spelling: [verb out-span; noun out-span]
IPA: /verb ˌaʊtˈspæn; noun ˈaʊtˌspæn/

Outspan is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 225 anagrams from letters in outspan (anopstu).

Definitions for outspan

noun

  1. the act or a place of outspanning.

verb (used with object)

  1. to unyoke or unhitch, as oxen from a wagon.

verb (used without object)

  1. to remove the yoke, harness, etc., from animals.

Origin of outspan

1815-25; translation of Afrikaans uitspan; see out-, span2

Examples for outspan

We skirted the village on the left, and found the farm where we were to outspan.

You arrived at a farmhouse and asked leave to outspan by the spruit.

At our outspan at noon yesterday he came to me and offered me my liberty if I would help him.

And now I will drive my waggons hence and outspan them outside the kraal.

But it was the time of the evening outspan that these two would enjoy most heartily.

The sun was already below the horizon when they halted to “outspan.”

Their outspan was some three or four hundred yards distant from the kraal.

Provided he struck the road, he had only to turn to his left to reach the outspan.

The bearer will overtake us with your answer at our first outspan.

So we trekked with the moon, Gaasha guiding us, and did not outspan till dawn.

Word Value for outspan
Scrable

9

Words with friends

12

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