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.