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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of spancel.
  • adjective of a horse hobbled with a spancel

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Examples

  • There would he lay till they would him descry, spancelled down upon a blossomy bed, at one foule stretch, amongst the daffydowndillies, the flowers of narcosis fourfettering his footlights, a halohedge of wild spuds hovering over him, epicures waltzing with gardenfillers, puritan shoots advancing to Aran chiefs.

    Finnegans Wake 2006

  • The horses, although tethered and close spancelled, could not be secured, even thus.

    Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia 2003

  • A fine pond of water being near, we there spancelled our horses and lay down for the night.

    Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia 2003

  • Two of his legs were spancelled with a piece of straw rope, but being used to such impediment he came over without any awkwardness.

    The King of Ireland's Son Padraic Colum 1926

  • He mended her fences and he cleaned her spring-well; he ground her corn and he brought back her swarm of bees; he trained a dog to chase the crows out of her field; he had the ass shod, the sheep washed and the goat spancelled.

    The King of Ireland's Son Padraic Colum 1926

  • With a cry Polly Ann flew to the hickory cradle under the tree, Tom sprang for the rifle that was never far from his side, while with a kind of instinct I ran to catch the spancelled horses by the river.

    Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill Winston Churchill 1909

  • The horses were belled and spancelled near by, feeding on the cane and wild grass, and Polly Ann was cooking journey-cakes on a stone.

    Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill Winston Churchill 1909

  • I spancelled the horses ere Tom returned with a fat turkey he had shot.

    Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill Winston Churchill 1909

  • The horses were belled and spancelled near by, feeding on the cane and wild grass, and Polly Ann was cooking journey-cakes on a stone.

    The Crossing Winston Churchill 1909

  • With a cry Polly Ann flew to the hickory cradle under the tree, Tom sprang for the rifle that was never far from his side, while with a kind of instinct I ran to catch the spancelled horses by the river.

    The Crossing Winston Churchill 1909

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