spur
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5.3
- noun
- /spɜr/
:
espuela
- The knight dug his spurs into the horse's flanks, flying off down the road.
Examples
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Black horseman's boots covered most of his calf, and spurs clicked across the stone floor as he walked.
Fiction book (1992) -
Jesse puts the spurs to it, and the horse surges into a gap in the crowd.
Fiction book (2001) -
I strike spurs into my horse.
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"And on her feet, a pair of spurs quite sharp."
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The Gang leaps onto the horses and puts the spurs to them hard.
Fiction book (2001) -
Without another thought, I put spurs to the horse and sped off north at a feverish pace.
Fiction book (1997) -
To control the horse better, the rider fitted spurs to his boots.
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The cowboy leaned forward and dug his spurs into the horse's sides to make it go faster.
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She admired the shiny spurs that glinted in the sunlight as he rode by.
Synonyms
A sharp metal spike on a rider's heel to make a horse move faster
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
A short rail line that turns off a main line to reach a factory or warehouse
- Specialized
A wheel with straight teeth that fit another wheel to send power between parallel shafts
- Specialized
A disease caused by a fungus that makes raspberry stems wilt and get dark spots near the leaves
Surface Forms
Etymology
Spur originally named the small pointed metal piece on a rider's heel. It comes from an old German word for a 'point' or 'spike', so a spur was a tiny point used to 'poke' a horse to make it move faster.