1597. A. M., trans. Guillemeaus Fr. Chirurg., 24/1. The tunge beinge hindred, by a certayne ligament, vvhich ve call the spanned vayn.
1741. Richardson, Pamela, I. Introd. p. xxvi. He made a too tight-laced Objection, where he quarrels with the spannd Waist of Pamela.