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spancel


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Spancel  \Span"cel\,  n.  [Perhaps  span  +  AS  s[=a]l  a  rope.] 
  A  rope  used  for  tying  or  hobbling  the  legs  of  a  horse  or  cow. 
  [Prov.  Eng.  &  Local,  U.S.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Spancel  \Span"cel\,  v.  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.