spancel

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[4]And such is the measure of my wounds and my sores that I cannot bear my garments or my clothing to touch my skin, so that[4] spancel-hoops hold my cloak over me.

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  1. noun A rope used to hobble an animal, as a sheep.
  2. transitive verb To hobble with a spancel.

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  • [4]And such is the measure of my wounds and my sores that I cannot bear my garments or my clothing to touch my skin, so that[4] spancel-hoops hold my cloak over me. —  The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Táin Bó Cúalnge
  • I am forced to go to a tryst with Fedelm Noichride, [Note: Gloss incorporated in the text: that is, with her servant,' etc.] from my own pledge that went out to her He made a spancel-withe [This was a twig twisted in the form of two rings, joined by one straight piece, as used for hobbling horses and cattle.] —  Táin Bó Cúalnge. English
  • "Do not forget the spancel," said the woman with the child on her knees; "take the inside one." —  The Celtic Twilight
  • I asked, seizing the rope which was composed of leather belts and spancel-ropes. —  A Virginia Scout
  • As my horse was straying toward the west side of the clearing I went to fetch him back and spancel him near the fort. —  A Virginia Scout
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  1. Dutch spansel, from spannen, to bind, harness; see span2.

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  1. from Middle Dutch spanseel, spansel, a tether for a horse, a stretched rope, Dutch span-sel, a stretched rope (= German spann-seil, a tether), from spannen (= German spannen), stretch (= English span), + MD, seel, a rope (= Old High German Middle High German G. seil, a rope, cord, = English sole).
  2. from spancel, n.
 

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