S. African <南非>
( -spanned, -spanning)with obj.
1- unharness (an animal) from a wagon给（牲畜）卸轭：
the wagons were drawn up beside the road and the oxen outspanned
车都拉到了路边, 牛也都卸了轭。
no obj. they outspanned at the hotel.他们在旅店给拉车的牲畜卸了轭。
1.1
- no obj. rest or camp at the side of the road while travelling by wagon（乘牛车或马车旅行途中）在路边休息（或宿营）：
we used to outspan for five or six hours in the heat of the day.
我们过去常在一天最热的时候在路边休息五六个小时。
- a place for grazing or camping on a wagon journey（坐牛车或马车旅行途中的）卸轭之地。
词源
early 19th cent.: from Dutch uitspannen 'unyoke'.