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Webster 1913 Edition

Spancel

Span′cel

,

Noun.

[Perhaps

span

+ AS.

sāl

a rope.]

A rope used for tying or hobbling the legs of a horse or cow.

[Prov. Eng. & Local, U.S.]

Grose.

Span′cel

,

Verb.

T.

[

imp. & p. p.

Spanceled

or

Spancelled

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Spanceling

or

Spancelling

.]

To tie or hobble with a spancel.

[Prov. Eng. & Local, U.S.]

Malone.

Webster 1828 Edition

Spancel

SPAN'CEL

,

Verb.

T.

To tie the legs of a horse or cow with a rope .