outspan means the place where one releases oxen from a harness. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 88 out of 100.
Etymology
From out + span. Compare Afrikaans uitspan.
noun
- The place where one releases oxen from a harness.“At the outspan or on the road or footpath he shouldered them aside as one walks through standing corn, not aggressively, but with the superb indifference of right and habit unquestioned.”
- An area on a farm kept available for travellers to rest and refresh their animals.
verb
- To release oxen from a harness.“We had outspanned on in a flat covered with close grass about two feet high…The wagons, four in number, were drawn up off the road two abreast.”