span see: spin
II. noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English spann; akin to Old High German spanna span, Middle Dutch spannen to stretch, hitch up Date: before 12th century the distance from the end of the thumb to the end of the little finger of a spread hand, an extent, stretch, reach, or spread between two limits: as, a limited space (as of time), the spread or extent between abutments or supports (as of a bridge), the maximum distance laterally from tip to tip of an airplane,
III. transitive verb (spanned; spanning)
Date: 1560
1. to measure by or as if by the hand with fingers and thumb extended, measure ,
2. to extend across , to form an arch over , to place or construct a span over, to be capable of expressing any element of under given operations ,
IV. noun
Etymology: Dutch, from Middle Dutch, from spannen to hitch up
Date: 1769
a pair of animals (as mules) usually matched in appearance and action and driven together
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