Definition of "outspan" [out•span]

• To release oxen from harness. (verb)
• The place where one outspans. (noun)
• An area on a farm kept available for travellers to rest and refresh their animals (noun)

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• "At our outspan at noon yesterday he came to me and offered me my liberty if I would help him."
• "From an early start the following morning they put another twenty miles behind them before outspan that night and twenty more the next day."
• "This is my outspan place, the Boer explained to him."