spanceling

Variant of spancel

spancel definition

span·cel (span′səl)

noun

a rope for fettering or hobbling cattle, etc.

Etymology: LowG spansel < spannen, to stretch, tie: see span

transitive verb spanceled -·celed or spancelled -·celled, spanceling -·cel·ing or spancelling -·cel·ling

to fetter or hobble as with a spancel

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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