The Collaborative International Dictionary
Spanceled
Spancel \Span"cel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spanceledor
Spancelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Spanceling or Spancelling.]
To tie or hobble with a spancel. [Prov. Eng. & Local, U.S.]
--Malone.
Usage examples of "spanceled".
Under a gibbous moon horse and rider spanceled to their shadows on the snowblue ground and in each flare of lightning as the storm advanced those selfsame forms rearing with a terrible redundancy behind them like some third aspect of their presence hammered out black and wild upon the naked grounds.