outspan

Etymology
. Compare Afrikaans.

Verb

 * 1)  To release oxen from harness.
 * 2) * 1976, Sir Percy Fitzpatrick, Jock of the Bushveld, Longman, ISBN 058261231, page 126:
 * “We had outspanned on in a flat covered with close grass about two feet high…The wagons, four in number, were drawn up off the road two abreast.”

Noun

 * 1)  The place where one releases oxen from harness.
 * 2) * 1976, Sir Percy Fitzpatrick, Jock of the Bushveld, Longman, ISBN 058261231, page 202:
 * “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.”
 * 1) An area on a farm kept available for travellers to rest and refresh their animals.

Related terms

 * : To yoke oxen.