Definition of "inspan" [in•span]

• To yoke oxen. (verb)

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• "Then orders were given to "inspan" all our carts and other conveyances as the commandos would all have to retire."
• "Once they were at close quarters, there wasn't a hope, and by the look of it, through that hell of smoke and gunfire and fleeing men, with Kaffirs rushing past, and the gunners and wagon-men frantically trying to inspan and flee, the surviving remnants of the 24th weren't going to hold that huge press of Zulus more than a matter of minutes."
• "He would have to wait at Rustchuk to get his return cargo, and could easily inspan a fresh engineer."