aspread

adj

aspread

adj

/əˈspɹɛd/

Etymology From a- + spread.

1

spread out

  • She heard hoofs and harness, wheels, the leathers bracing the springs, she saw faces through the windows, leaves, sky, a flag on the fly from a spire. Like the one aspread on the casket, she may have thought, and she could almost feel it, properly folded, weighing on her hands when the coffin was out of sight.1995, John B. Sanford, A Book of American Women (page 22)

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