uitspan, noun
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- DutchShow more Dutch, see outspan verb.
In full uitspan place: outspan noun sense 1.
1801 in G.M. Theal Rec. of Cape Col. (1899) IV. 361Unyoked at noon the oxen to graze, and in the afternoon being again put to the waggons, we went from this so called uitspan place.
1951 L.G. Green Grow Lovely 69Farmers..used as their uitspan a large open space called De Plein van De Kaap.
In full uitspan place: outspan noun sense 1.
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