overspan

Verb

overspan (third-person singular simple present overspans, present participle overspanning, simple past and past participle overspanned)

1. (transitive) To reach or extend over.
   • The place for the fuel is carried up ſtrait on both ſides, till about three feet high ; then they almoſt fill it with wood, and over that lay a covering of ſea-coal, and then overſpan the arch[…]1763, “The method of burning Bricks”, in A New and Complete Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, 2nd edition, volume I, London: W. Owen, page 379
   • If we look at the geographical position, which the great world-powers (England, Russia, and France) occupy on the surface of the globe, we shall perceive that the actual Russian territories in Europe, Asia, and America, overspan, like an arch, all the civilised countries of Europe, and the vast...1855, Ernst Georg Ravenstein, “Sitka, and the Russian Territories in America”, in Bentley's Miscellany, volume XXXVIII, London: Richard Bentley, page 584