2. Adjective. (context: of a horse) hobbled with a spancel ¹
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Definition of Spancelled
1. spancel [v] - See also: spancel
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spancelled
Literary usage of Spancelled
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The British Herald; Or, Cabinet of Armorial Bearings of the Nobility ...by Thomas Robson by Thomas Robson (1830)
"Spade-Iron, or the shoeing of a spade. See PI. 17, fig.42. spancelled. See HORSE
spancelled, and PI. 14, fig. 10. ..."
2. Collections by Georgia Historical Society (1900)
"... meeting of the Visitors on Monday next; I am unexpectedly spancelled in a
criminal prosecution here, from which I cannot be released. ..."
3. Representative British Dramas: Victorian and Modern by Montrose Jonas Moses (1918)
"Isn't it a bad story for me to be wearing out mv days beside you the same as a
spancelled goat. Chained I am and tethered I am to a man that is ..."
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