a rope for fettering or hobbling cattle, etc.
Origin of spancel
Low German spansel from spannen, to stretch, tie: see spantransitive verb
-·celed or -·celled, -·cel·ing or -·cel·ling to fetter or hobble as with a spancel
spancel
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spancel
noun
A rope used to hobble an animal, as a sheep.
transitive verb
span·celed, span·cel·ing, span·cels, or span·celled span·cel·lingTo hobble with a spancel.
Origin of spancel
Dutch spansel from spannen to bind, harness ; see span 2.THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Verb
(third-person singular simple present spancels, present participle spancelling or spanceling, simple past and past participle spancelled or spanceled)
- to hobble with a spancel
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