spancelled

Variant of spancel

noun

a rope for fettering or hobbling cattle, etc.

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

transitive verb spanceled or spancelled, spanceling or spancelling

to fetter or hobble as with a spancel
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