English Explanatory Dictionary

spanwanned

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. stuck astride a wall whilst attempting to climb over it.

Word forms

spanwanned

Etymology

Possibly from Old English spannan (“to span”) + winnan (“to struggle, to suffer”); from Proto-Germanic *spannaną, *winnaną.

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