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Definition of Spancel
1. n. A rope used for tying or hobbling the legs of a horse or cow.
2. v. t. To tie or hobble with a spancel.
Definition of Spancel
1. Noun. a rope or fetter used to hobble a horse or other animal ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) to hobble with a spancel ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Spancel
1. to bind or fetter with a rope [v -CELED, -CELING, -CELS or -CELLED, -CELLING, -CELS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spancel
Literary usage of Spancel
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Traces of the Elder Faiths of Ireland: A Folklore Sketch; a Handbook of by William Gregory Wood Martin (1902)
"Several cases of the use of " the spancel " (ie ligature), a love charm of most
gruesome character, the power of which is believed to be irresistible, ..."
2. Journal by Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland (1893)
"An old roadway can be traced up to it from the latter, and westward into the
opposite valley towards spancel Hill; so perhaps the builders of the ..."
3. Sanas Chormaic: Cormac's Glossary by Cormac, John O'Donovan, Whitley Stokes (1868)
"Still used to denote a spancel by which the hind-legs of a cow are tied while
she is being milked. ..."
4. Publications by English Dialect Society (1873)
"... and spancel in Gloss. B. 15.3 Lant, r. to lant ale, to pat arin. into it
Lass-a-day. inter]. alas ! an expression of condolence. ..."
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