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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

OUTSPAN

Out *span ", v. t. & i. Etym: [D. uitspannen.]

Defn: To unyoke or disengage, as oxen from a wagon. [S. Africa ]

New American Oxford Dictionary

outspan

outspan |ˈaʊtspan |S. African ▶verb ( outspans, outspanning, outspanned ) [ with obj. ] unharness (an animal ) from a wagon. • [ no obj. ] rest or camp at the side of the road while travelling by wagon. ▶noun a place for grazing or camping on a wagon journey. ORIGIN early 19th cent.: from Dutch uitspannen ‘unyoke ’.

Oxford Dictionary

outspan

outspan |ˈaʊtspan |S. African ▶verb ( outspans, outspanning, outspanned ) [ with obj. ] unharness (an animal ) from a wagon. • [ no obj. ] rest or camp at the side of the road while travelling by wagon. ▶noun a place for grazing or camping on a wagon journey. ORIGIN early 19th cent.: from Dutch uitspannen ‘unyoke ’.