(South Africa, transitive) To release oxen from a harness.
1976, Sir Percy Fitzpatrick, Jock of the Bushveld, Longman, ISBN 058261231, page 126:
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(South Africa) The place where one releases oxen from a harness.
1976, Sir Percy Fitzpatrick, Jock of the Bushveld, Longman, ISBN 058261231, page 202:
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An area on a farm kept available for travellers to rest and refresh their animals.
: “At the outspan or on the road or footpath he shouldered them aside as one walks through standing corn, not aggressively, but with the superb indifference of right and habit unquestioned.”
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