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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This

span·cel

[span-suh

l] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, -celed, -cel·ing or (especially British

) -celled, -cel·ling.

–noun

1.	a noosed rope with which to hobble an animal, esp. a horse or cow.

–verb (used with object)

2.	to fetter with or as with a spancel.

[Origin: 1600–10; < LG spansel, deriv. of spannen to stretch; see span²

]

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span·cel   (spān'səl) Pronunciation Key
n.   A rope used to hobble an animal, as a sheep.

tr.v.   span·celed or span·celled, span·cel·ing or span·cel·ling, span·cels
To hobble with a spancel.

[Dutch spansel, from spannen, to bind, harness; see span².]

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Spancel

Span"cel\, n. [Perhaps span + AS. s[=a]l a rope.] A rope used for tying or hobbling the legs of a horse or cow. [Prov. Eng. & Local, U.S.] --Grose.

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Spancel

Span"cel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spanceledor Spancelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Spanceling or Spancelling.] To tie or hobble with a spancel. [Prov. Eng. & Local, U.S.] --Malone.

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