Citations:spane

English citations of spane

• 1509, in Mem. Fountains (Surtees), 235, xl:

  yews with their lames to [=until] they be spaned.

• 1896, Pall Mall Mag., April, 515:

  To help the old shepherd in 'spaning' the lambs.

• 1898, Hamilton, Mawkin, page 107:

  The spaning of the lambs was by with, and the ewe [was] milking in full riot.